Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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Anchor Bay with anchors868 viewsPhill Rose
And we now know how they got there. See It-Tunnara.
13 commentsPrefect05/23/13 at 00:32MilkMonitor: Information from John Pace indicates that the anch...
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Anchors at Anchor Bay. Early 1950s.905 viewsPhill Rose
The question is - How did they get there?
6 commentsPrefect05/23/13 at 00:31MilkMonitor: Information from John Pace indicates that the anch...
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Karozzin547 viewsSometimes known as a Gharry.2 commentsPrefect01/12/13 at 07:36MilkMonitor: Aaah its Floriana across from the Phoenicia. See t...
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Prefects 19752098 viewsFirst Row: Alex Rowlands, Sharon Watts, Julie-Marie Glennon, Sylvia Houghton, Helen Male, Veronica Haste, Jill Cartwright, Angela Berrington.
Second Row. Erica Stapley, Debbie Brankin, Christine Williams, Kathleen Loughnan, Alison Waghorn, Richard Howorth.
Third Row: Sue Fitton, Sue Harvey, Julie Taylor, Julie Davies, Karen Booth, Howard Helliwell, Robert Burns.
Fourth Row: John Allcott, Paul Darmody, Jil Pelan, Dave Simpson, Mike Baltrop.
1 commentsPrefect08/05/12 at 09:07MilkMonitor: Where have all the boys gone?
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1969680 viewsVIEW4 commentsPrefect07/06/11 at 10:12MilkMonitor: What an apalling name! A change may have been nece...
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The Cruel Sea609 viewsTug Roysterer with HMS Coreopsis (or RHS Kriezis) about to achieve fame playing the part of HMS Compass Rose. 1952.
Finding a suitable corvette was another problem The Admiralty, while anxious to co-operate in the making of the film, had got rid of all its wartime corvettes. Eventually one was located in Malta – the Coreopsis of the Flower Class – which had been loaned to the Greek navy and was now awaiting a tow back to England, and the breaker’s yard.
1 commentsPrefect02/22/11 at 14:17MilkMonitor: Snorkers! Good oh! Wink
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Staffroom early 1960s1673 views10 commentsPrefect12/03/10 at 02:55MilkMonitor: The polite small boy's name may have been Kev...
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Tigne & Sliema Creek996 viewsPostcard. After the Army & Navy had gone.5 commentsPrefect11/05/10 at 12:48MilkMonitor: "Tell that to the kids today - they'd ne...
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Tal Handaq Jukebox726 viewsAll TH Years catered for.
http://www.talhandaqnostalgia.org/THjukebox.htm
7 commentsPrefect07/25/10 at 00:51MilkMonitor: Testing, testing .........
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Paradise Bay 1967905 viewsDave Howell
Here we have L - R Biffo, the lovely Lynne Duguid, and Fran balancing on top of L - R me (Dave Howell), Phil Gilbody and Paul Grimson. Camping out at Paradise bay circa 1967.
1 commentsPrefect06/16/10 at 11:56MilkMonitor: Camping with girls? Whatever next Question
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Oh Dear!835 viewsThe Star of Malta being salvaged from the reef off Dragonara Point. July 1955.
Video Clip
6 commentsPrefect10/25/09 at 13:35MilkMonitor: On September 19 assessors from the maritime inquir...
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Fond Ghadir 1964939 viewsPostcard. Across from the Meadowbank.
Translation may be "bottom pool" or "deep pool". Other offers welcome.
11 commentsPrefect10/25/09 at 02:37MilkMonitor: Sandra Hartt is listed on the main TH Reunion Data...
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Rockyvale784 views5 commentsSheila Evans09/30/09 at 14:06admin: Rockyvale seems to have been a popular out of scho...
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Manoel Island Bridge643 viewsWhich used to be the gateway to roller skating, swimming, sailing etc2 commentsPrefect09/30/09 at 13:10Sheila Evans: The cinema and dances was my reason for crossing o...
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The End of the Magic Kiosk717 views2009. The only Internet Cafe which catered for tobacco addicts like me!!5 commentsPrefect09/30/09 at 13:08Sheila Evans: I still remember when it was just called The Umbre...
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RAF & WRAF Cadets Tal-Handaq CCF 19772363 viewsCombined Cadet Force

Ruth Markwell
4 commentsPrefect09/30/09 at 12:55Keith Paul: Hi Beefy Good to catch up after so many years, sen...
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WRAF Cadets Tal-Handaq CCF 19771805 viewsCombined Cadet Force

Ruth Markwell
2 commentsPrefect09/30/09 at 12:52Keith Paul: Which one's Ruth:-?
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The Green Hut671 views2 commentsSheila Evans09/30/09 at 08:47Sheila Evans: Remember it well, I would have been playing Elvis ...
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Fond Ghadir 1964939 viewsPostcard. Across from the Meadowbank.
Translation may be "bottom pool" or "deep pool". Other offers welcome.
11 commentsPrefect09/30/09 at 08:35Sheila Evans: At last, a picture of Meadowbank Hotel and the juk...
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Cecilia Clarke562 viewsFrom the War Museum, St Elmo.2 commentsPrefect09/30/09 at 08:16sheila macdonald: She taught me at Tigne Barracks School. I often re...
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Grenadier Guards 1950s734 views1 commentsPrefect09/01/09 at 12:45MilkMonitor: Someone hasn't heard the order "Knees apa...
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HMS Ausonia & Manoel Is. 1959/601335 viewsOther ships are HMS Dainty, parts of HMS Anzio & LST Charles McLeod and a lonely HMS Eastbourne in Sliema Creek. On the island is part of the Leper Hospital, beyond that the Base Supply Office, Fort Manoel, the Diving Centre and Comms Training Centre. To the left of the football pitches is the Canteen (Cinema), in front of which are the tennis courts/roller skating rink of blessed memory.
What a lot of nostalgia!
Mac

More photos and info on Ausonia HERE
4 commentsPrefect08/06/09 at 15:03MilkMonitor: You can even see the original kiosk at the Ferry a...
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Tilley (Bedford Utilicon)632 viewsMac
Reminiscent of the School Transport driven by Benny Cassar who is on the left in THIS PHOTO
1 commentsPrefect07/11/09 at 05:57MilkMonitor: Reminds me of a song - "Our Chief Wren said f...
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La Passeggiata656 viewsDefinition: As evening falls and the harsh sun inches out of the your favorite piazza, an evening ritual is bound to begin, the Italian/Maltese tradition of passeggiata, a gentle stroll (slow! think slow!) through the main streets of the old town.
Locals tend to dress up for passeggiata, and tourists are usually easy to spot in their shorts and fanny packs. Older folks sit along the route, nursing a beer or a glass of wine in the bar, and watching for things to gossip about; la passeggiata is where new romances are on display as well as new shoes.
1 commentsPrefect06/14/09 at 03:31MilkMonitor: I think "fanny packs" must be American f...
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"Its not for me, its for my diso ...."560 views4 commentsPrefect05/11/09 at 18:59MilkMonitor: Not to mention "Kalafrana Here I Come" a...
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Ghar id-Dud 2009550 viewsDodging the waves where the Chalet used to be.
Jane Banks
2 commentsPrefect05/04/09 at 14:56MilkMonitor: Is that the entrance to the "Cave of Worms&qu...
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Staff 19541045 viewsJohn Clark/Jenny Churcher5 commentsPrefect04/17/09 at 09:45MilkMonitor: Is this the earliest recorded view of Miss Yule?
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Magirus-Deutz680 viewsWhen did the green rooflights disappear?

Martin Powell
4 commentsPrefect02/19/09 at 15:14MilkMonitor: The word is that the EU has decreed that all the o...
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Eve Priestly, John Guast, Hilary Paynter1188 viewsOutside Cellblock 4AG 1958.
Behind the bars, Sandra Carter.
From David Harvey
4 commentsPrefect12/07/08 at 11:35MilkMonitor: Say no more Spike. We wont ask the obvious questio...
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Water Polo625 viewsAlongside the Submarine X1 in 1927.3 commentsPrefect11/06/08 at 00:57MilkMonitor: I tried Water Polo once but my pony drowned under ...
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RN Families Clinic, Tower Road Sliema - mid 60s © copyright Jane Banks (her Mum on bench)1024 viewsOnly the facade remains.

The view in 2018
5 commentsjane banks10/16/08 at 08:50MilkMonitor: Presumably your appointment was at 2.30? (Sorry MP...
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MFV Trip 1960529 viewsBoarding at Manoel Island.
1 commentsJohn Kirby10/14/08 at 01:42MilkMonitor: Just look at that shiny brasswork!
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