Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


Last additions - Transport
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Police Motorcycle Division 1930s354 viewsPrefectAug 30, 2011
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Royal Lady431 viewsGozo Ferry from 1937 on the new quay at Marfa. The former Scarborough pleasure steamer was bombed and sunk at Mgarr in 1942.PrefectAug 28, 2011
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Knight of Malta390 viewsIn service from 1930 with passengers and mail to Syracuse and Tunis. Sunk 1941.PrefectAug 25, 2011
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Jylland in cruising mode.373 viewsPhoto Ewart WhitePrefectAug 09, 2011
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Jylland Marfa 1973 ©440 viewsPhoto Ewart White1 commentsPrefectAug 09, 2011
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Notary Zarb Street Attard 1928701 viewsThe Valletta-Rabat road about to be asphalted.
Villa Refalo (background) in 1962 became the restaurant Villa Corinthia which then expanded into the Corinthia Palace Hotel, and then went global.
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Quinquireme of Nineveh? ©560 views2 commentsPrefectJul 18, 2011
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Gozo Boat G3362 viewsPassing the newly completed breakwaters in 1910.PrefectJul 15, 2011
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Bus No.3. Thorneycroft. c1905453 viewsImported by Malta Motor Bus & Transport Syndicate Ltd.PrefectJul 15, 2011
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Competition for the Dghajsas? ©298 viewsPrefectJul 12, 2011
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Gleneagles & Princess Melita off Mgarr386 viewsGozo Mail Steamers c 1885 - 1924.PrefectJul 12, 2011
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Bendy Bus349 viewsA Boris cast off!PrefectJul 03, 2011
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Today is the day296 viewsTimes of MaltaPrefectJul 03, 2011
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Railway Stations in 1967397 viewsPrefectJul 02, 2011
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The Mother of all Tigne Tunnels ©470 viewsLinking Qui-Si-Sana to Xatt ta Tigne and now the main bus route as Bisazza Street is pedestrianised.
(One day you may even be able to enter the underground car park without going all the way to the Ferry and back again!)
2 commentsPrefectJun 30, 2011
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New Bus Terminus ©397 viewsIn St James Ditch. Not quite finished and only a week to go.1 commentsPrefectJun 30, 2011
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Last Waltz around the Fountain ©370 viewsI think thats Thames EBY 537 running to the end.
Lament for the old buses.
537's Final Trip
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Arriva Bus on driver training. ©323 viewsB day is July 3.PrefectJun 28, 2011
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Empire Fowey379 viewsTrooping in 1956
©Rex Cooper
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Strathaird352 viewsTrooping in 1956
©Rex Cooper
PrefectJun 08, 2011
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No 4 Dock417 viewsBeing enlarged, 1962-4.Martin PowellJun 07, 2011
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Imperial Eagle 1967397 viewsArriving Marfa, nearing the end of her passenger service. Martin PowellMay 29, 2011
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Gharry 1967345 viewsWell turned out horse and driver.Martin PowellMay 29, 2011
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Arriva takes over the Buses449 viewsHERE
New Network Map
Bus reform in numbers 59.2 million: Passengers carried by buses in 1979 30.2 million: Passengers carried by buses in 2009 €9 million: Subsidy claimed by current bus owners for 2009 €6.2 million: Total annual subsidy government will pay Arriva 20,500: Arriva’s projected number of bus seats 13,900: Current number of bus seats
508: Buses currently in service 264: Buses in Arriva’s fleet €3.49: Current cost of a one-day ticket €2.60: Arriva’s one-day ticket fare for non-Maltese ID card holders
€1.50: Arriva’s one-day ticket fare for Maltese ID card holders €1.30: Arriva’s two-hour ticket fare €0.47: Current single trip fare
1 commentsPrefectMay 28, 2011
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Clan Ferguson Arriving415 viewsEither October 1941 or January 1942. Later sunk on Pedestal.PrefectMay 08, 2011
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Star of Malta651 viewsAground on Mercanti Reef off St Julian's Bay July 1955.
See Also
1 commentsPrefectMay 07, 2011
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Brisbane Star425 viewsSurvivor of Op Pedestal 1942PrefectMay 04, 2011
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Airspeed Ambassador (BEA Elizabethan)495 viewsArriving with the Duke of Edinburgh 1952.
See the Film
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Tramlines at Fleur de Lys425 viewsPrefectApr 26, 2011
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Birchircara Station396 viewsPrefectApr 17, 2011
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Gozo Boat388 viewsPostcard - painting by LM Galea.PrefectApr 05, 2011
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RN Bedfords413 viewsThese are in Singapore but similar ones once served Tal Handak.PrefectApr 02, 2011
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