Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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Sheriff who?264 viewsNot a lot of people know this - but Keith Allen, star of stage and screen (at present playing in "Hogarth's Progress" as the older William Hogarth) - and of course Lily Allen's father- went to Verdala in 1960. His autobiog briefly describes his time in Malta (scroll down to chapter 3, page 40) -

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2 commentsadmin11/23/18 at 18:32OldBat: Reminds me of the day when I was on duty in the pl...
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Painting by OldBat321 viewsFresh water - but can you spot the difference from the photo?

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3 commentsadmin08/11/18 at 00:19OldBat: Laughing Laughing CHEEKY!!
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Painting by OldBat321 viewsFresh water - but can you spot the difference from the photo?

Copyright © Liz Mardel
3 commentsadmin08/10/18 at 19:43OldBat: But don't look too closely or you'll see...
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Coronation party 1953510 viewsCoronation school party at Verdala 2nd June 1953. Me bottom right half hidden by Union Jack. Younger Brother (now deceased) hiding behind hands. Both of us went on to Tal Handaq 58-61.2 commentsCrab05/29/18 at 19:44OldBat: Great photo - but was it really taken at the schoo...
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St Andrew's School660 views1 commentsPrefect01/16/17 at 20:59OldBat: Anyone who was a pupil at St Andrew's between...
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Things are looking UP !!909 viewsThe building of the huge 38-storey tower proposed by the Gasan Group is set to have a dramatic impact on views enjoyed by pedestrians strolling along Ghar id-Dud, the Sliema promenade, apart from breaking the skyline when viewed from as far away as Rinella Bay in Kalkara.

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9 commentsadmin05/17/16 at 23:04OldBat: Most of Dubai's towers were built on empty de...
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David Michael Gerrard 1946-2016 (aka Prefect)1995 viewsMy very very sad task to report David's passing on Sunday 17 January. THN Webmaster, Scholar, Sea Captain, Falklands Veteran, Friend and all round Good Bloke, he has gone to stand at the back of the big Assembly in the sky (or is it Detention?). Sahha xbien.

Dave seen here in his role as honorary member of TH ladies-who-lunch (Exeter) club, Sept 2015.

Funeral to take place at 3pm Tuesday 2nd Feb, Weston Mill Crematorium, Plymouth PL2 2EP (easy access from A38).

Please feel free to write tributes below, they can be printed out for the day.
9 commentsMartin Powell01/21/16 at 14:42OldBat: (Liz Mardel ex Miss McMeeking, Verdala) Sadly us...
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Verdala Old Entrance © 769 viewsSomewhat neglected.6 commentsPrefect11/16/15 at 19:03OldBat: - and a new driveway (foreground) now cuts across ...
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Somewhere in Valletta, early 1950s © 666 viewsFrom my parents' album, please identify ..... (Kingsway).3 commentsdfss11/30/13 at 02:16OldBat: Must have been taken from the top of the lovely ol...
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View from the British Hotel 1961 © Liz Mardel553 views1 commentsOldBat11/29/13 at 08:22OldBat: This is very similar to the view from the webcam n...
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Ghajn Tuffieha Bay 1967600 views© CC Licence - BHS - Flickr.5 commentsPrefect08/28/13 at 17:27OldBat: I thought the same as Phill until I looked at that...
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Bread Street in 1952524 viewsPhoto taken by Mary Cowan on a visit to my parents in that year.2 commentsdfss07/12/13 at 15:41OldBat: Obviously some work going on on the pavement outsi...
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Jean de la Valette ©434 viewsNew statue in South Street.2 commentsPrefect07/12/13 at 15:28OldBat: What's been demolished in South Street?
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Villa Rosa 706 views& St George's Bay 19455 commentsPrefect04/19/13 at 17:37OldBat: The Villa Rosa was the RASC officers' mess in...
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Land of Romance586 viewsAs drawn on a postcard depicting Strada Stretta before the war.
McEwans had a bottling plant in Malta.
2 commentsPrefect03/29/13 at 15:51OldBat: I can't imagine there was anywhere as big as ...
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Old Bakery Street945 views3 commentsPrefect03/20/13 at 06:19OldBat: Well no it wouldn't, would it!! I just presu...
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Old Bakery Street945 views3 commentsPrefect02/27/13 at 15:37OldBat: What a mess 'our' street was in during t...
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The Students1002 viewsat the Dockyard Club Summer 1961
- Robin Bowes, Bob Satterley, Ned Reubens, Rog Wilkin
2 commentsPrefect02/25/13 at 16:39OldBat: ............... with an appreciative audience.......
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St Andrew's Church of Scotland496 viewsSouth Street. A School Club operated in the Church Hall.
On the map.
2 commentsPrefect02/20/13 at 15:43OldBat: But back then there was no building on the other s...
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VALETTA, FROM THE MARSA MUSCEIT. (Not - see comments)678 viewsArtist T. C. Dibdin, Drawn from Nature by Lieut. H.E. Allen, Rl. Engrs. Engraver J. Tingle, 1842?
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris, 1836.
5 commentsPrefect12/01/12 at 15:13OldBat: Was the hospital built on the site of the Villa Bi...
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Founder of the Order488 views3 commentsPrefect12/01/12 at 15:09OldBat: Your gt - gt - gt - gt - ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, etc gran...
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Xlendi 1960740 views© John Gardiner4 commentsPrefect11/26/12 at 13:07OldBat: All right, all right, you win!!
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Xlendi 1960740 views© John Gardiner4 commentsPrefect11/26/12 at 12:34OldBat: In the days when St Patrick's Hotel didn'...
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The Palm Tree has company ©636 views7 commentsPrefect11/21/12 at 15:32OldBat: That must have been when it was Verdala Internatio...
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Tigne School, Tue 1st Aug 1989 ©817 views4 commentsDavid Robinson11/21/12 at 14:18OldBat: Noor, have you been to www.verdala.com? Lots of p...
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Verdala Barracks & School979 viewsThe RN (SCS) School closed in July 1976 and was handed over to the Malta Government in September.6 commentsPrefect11/21/12 at 14:04OldBat: Not sure what monkey bars are! (Bars for the litt...
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The salt pans ©623 viewsI see that the salt pans are being restored. This was the way they looked in about 1959.4 commentsOldBat09/06/12 at 08:58OldBat: Yes, I'm pretty sure they were at Salina Bay ...
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1958 Riots713 viewsWhen Verdala School buses were stoned.2 commentsPrefect09/01/12 at 13:51OldBat: It was a very tense time. I lived in Valletta and...
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The Palm Tree has company ©636 views7 commentsPrefect07/19/12 at 17:27OldBat: ............... and even the time of the closure -...
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The palm tree in 1958 ©802 viewsand the VERY BIG playground as most former pupils remember them. 5 commentsOldBat07/19/12 at 17:21OldBat: Yes Prefect, dear old Peter Ross making for the st...
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Verdala's palm tree in 2010 ©591 viewsJane Banks (formerly Stubbs) put this on the Verdala site after the reunion of 2010. She was the life and soul of the party but very sadly died four months later. Her husband Charlie took this and I know she would have been happy for it to be on the THN site.2 commentsOldBat07/18/12 at 17:06OldBat: From left David Pickett, Old Bat, Jane Banks and G...
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The Palm Tree has company ©636 views7 commentsPrefect07/18/12 at 09:15OldBat: Strange!
Does anyone know EXACTLY when Verdala RN...
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