Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

Memories of the Royal Naval School, Malta, 1947 - 1978.

Last comments - Martin Powell
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Inside round tower484 viewsWe got in from the caves below, only to find the front door wide open!3 commentsMartin Powell06/29/11 at 04:15Martin Powell: Actually it was quite penetrable - we were leaving...
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Valetta from inside caves.580 views(I prefer the old spelling).7 commentsMartin Powell06/29/11 at 04:13Martin Powell: I never follow party policy (to put it politely). ...
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How to get to Tigne Tunnels669 viewsThe steps lead from the new walkway opposite the Chop House restaurant, after you clamber across the flowerbeds, ignoring the Keep Off notice! Presumably when the development is finished and the beach opened, the tunnels will be closed off.3 commentsPrefect06/29/11 at 04:10Martin Powell: No wheelchairs in the Cospicua or Mellieha shelter...
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Winch for boom defence688 viewsA tad rusty, but it has had 70 years exposed to the salt (although the doors were locked in our time). But Prefect took his wire brush this year and polished it all up.7 commentsMartin Powell06/29/11 at 04:08Martin Powell: And round and round went that b....y great wheel.....
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How to get to Tigne Tunnels669 viewsThe steps lead from the new walkway opposite the Chop House restaurant, after you clamber across the flowerbeds, ignoring the Keep Off notice! Presumably when the development is finished and the beach opened, the tunnels will be closed off.3 commentsPrefect06/29/11 at 03:58Martin Powell: I have asked Wirtartna if they have any plans to p...
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RFA Maine (3)558 viewsPassing Tigne in the 1920s.3 commentsPrefect06/13/11 at 16:07Martin Powell: Interesting tower to the right of the round fort, ...
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Royalty 1950 ©3746 viewsOutside Villa Guardamangia.
© Malcolm Shykles
2 commentsPrefect06/10/11 at 06:53Martin Powell: Happy 90th Birthday to HRH. I wish Roy Tomlinson c...
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HMS Victorious 1967617 views5 commentsMartin Powell06/08/11 at 17:11Martin Powell: You mean Scotland?
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Dragonara Swimming Pool 1967789 viewsWith distant view of an early Sliema High-Rise, probably the Preluna.2 commentsMartin Powell05/31/11 at 04:17Martin Powell: The Preluna was the Prelude of things to come. You...
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Tigne point 2010. still room for more buildings.1332 viewsTwo boats .. who has right of way ?10 commentsjane banks05/28/11 at 12:01Martin Powell: Not in our day, but your book showed it was differ...
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2110 viewsTal Handak Class 1DG 1958 - 1959

Lt. Cdr. Law
12 commentsBillPutman05/28/11 at 11:56Martin Powell: Obviously as an air hostess she kept young by flyi...
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Dodge 4755436 viewsPre war body with a new post war grille.
Later rebuilt as a Mercedes Benz
1 commentsPrefect05/27/11 at 17:09Martin Powell: Don't tell the Germans. I mentioned it once b...
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Someone's Favourite Bus431 viewsMagirus Deutz No. 1956 / Y-0421 / DBY 4211 commentsPrefect05/27/11 at 17:04Martin Powell: Oh good, it's all better again. I wish.
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Not Verdala Sports Day592 viewsIt turns out to be RN School Singapore. Never mind, nice pic.
More here. and here.
2 commentsPrefect05/27/11 at 17:02Martin Powell: Have you directed the two Dereks to this page? Der...
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Anyone for Tennis?446 viewsNaval Officer (with hat) playing at Dragonara Palace.
See Film
1 commentsPrefect05/27/11 at 16:54Martin Powell: Dam' fellas should be wearing pith helmets do...
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Cambridge Battery moat, Tigne578 viewsDevelopment taking place to within a few inches. October 2009. Compare with the advertising poster.3 commentsMartin Powell05/27/11 at 16:21Martin Powell: The dry moat round the Cambridge Battery - yes. T...
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Comino Trip 1952555 viewsPhill Rose7 commentsPrefect05/27/11 at 16:12Martin Powell: Definitely not an RASC River Class from Pieta. And...
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Tigne point 2010. still room for more buildings.1332 viewsTwo boats .. who has right of way ?10 commentsjane banks05/27/11 at 16:03Martin Powell: I remember the steps, a quick hop over the wall in...
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2110 viewsTal Handak Class 1DG 1958 - 1959

Lt. Cdr. Law
12 commentsBillPutman05/27/11 at 16:01Martin Powell: Pauline H in 1st yr 1959?? She not that old? That ...
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1980 in front of the drop below Tigne Fort864 viewsWe used to call this the 'old swimming pool' - it was on the sea front just below a big drop from the area around the old fort if I remember rightly....3 commentsNick Robinson05/27/11 at 15:55Martin Powell: It was there last year 2010 - I went along it and ...
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The Sliema terminal of the Ferry 1915783 viewsJane Banks3 commentsPrefect02/22/11 at 11:58Martin Powell: Yes, still there - just. See pic taken 2009.
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Marfa 1954 © 470 viewsPhoto James Donald Bamber.
Name that Ferry. (No prizes.)
5 commentsPrefect02/22/11 at 11:52Martin Powell: She'd certainly be missed, she'd certain...
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Marfa 1954 © 470 viewsPhoto James Donald Bamber.
Name that Ferry. (No prizes.)
5 commentsPrefect02/22/11 at 06:56Martin Powell: Can't find my ferry book, but you can see fro...
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Prefect & Mum 1959647 viewsContinuing the archaeological thread, this is at some ancient site, probably the Roman Baths, Ghajn Tuffieha.
Don't I look fascinated?
4 commentsPrefect02/19/11 at 15:05Martin Powell: Or he'd been on his knees looking for a lost ...
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Prefect at Ħaġar Qim 1960504 viewsNote spelling with a K on the bar.5 commentsPrefect02/17/11 at 12:13Martin Powell: I feel sure Liz knows all that, I think it's ...
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Għar Lapsi 1979465 viewsCave of the Ascension.2 commentsPrefect02/14/11 at 10:26Martin Powell: Hence the steps.
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Kingsgate510 viewsAs it should have been left.1 commentsPrefect02/14/11 at 10:25Martin Powell: Goats trained to walk on pavement.
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Kalkara Creek 1954 © 486 viewsPhoto James Donald Bamber. 2 commentsPrefect02/12/11 at 17:42Martin Powell: I imagine the white yacht had a few bottles on boa...
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Dockyard Creek 1954 © 560 viewsSpa Class water boat left.
Photo James Donald Bamber.
5 commentsPrefect02/12/11 at 17:39Martin Powell: Neither did mine.
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Dockyard Creek 1954 © 560 viewsSpa Class water boat left.
Photo James Donald Bamber.
5 commentsPrefect02/11/11 at 14:12Martin Powell: Is this bloke with the fag on in school uniform?
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A Crimbo Card from the Governor416 viewsc 1960
Sir Guy Grantham
1 commentsPrefect02/07/11 at 14:54Martin Powell: Follow that. I heard him turning in the grave last...
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The Arnold Family555 viewsRegular Sunday outing to Armier Bay, c 1938.
5 commentsDavid Arnold02/07/11 at 13:20Martin Powell: The TV drama was abysmal and the documentary that ...
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