Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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 Sliema 1967250 viewsThe slipway at Sliema.Military BratAug 06, 2019
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 Army Children's School St Andrew's317 viewsSt Andrew's Army School.
Swimming Certificate Third Class.
Headmaster Mr A.S.D.Watson.Military BratAug 06, 2019
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 TSS Oxfordshire [1957-1964] Later TSS Fairstar [1964-1997].223 viewsSS Oxfordshire was a Troopship launched on December 15th by
Mrs Dorothea Head wife of The Minister of Defence.Military BratAug 06, 2019
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 RFA Empire Gull [L3513] 173 viewsRFA Empire Gull was a landing ship of The Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
She was affectionately known as the "Black Pig" and was one of
the last serving LSTs.Military BratAug 06, 2019
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 Boy in grey blazer 1952194 viewsNow identified as John Clark, TH 1947-1949 & 1952-1954.

(...not forgetting that there were still some junior classes at TH in 1957).

adminAug 05, 2019
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 Empire168 viewsTroopship "Empire Fowey"Military BratAug 04, 2019
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 The PIT 2019470 viewsThe PIT is still there disguised as a bookshop.philb57Aug 02, 2019
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 Could Malta have become a US possession?394 viewsJudge for yourself HERE

Watercolour USS Constitution in GH 1804, Edwin Galea
adminJul 25, 2019
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 Looking for that elusive present...181 views...for him/her who has everything?

What about a Xarabanc ?

adminJul 19, 2019
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 Suna in Marsamxett310 viewsJoe Mardel at the helm, 1958.

Suna was a "windfall" yacht. With Star & RNSA 14' as supporting cast.

See Windfall Yacht Suna
adminJul 06, 2019
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 Traditional farewell to C-in-C283 viewsAdmiral Sir Alexander Bingley, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet and NATO Commander Allied Forces Mediterranean, being rowed to HMS Surprise by his senior Captains and Flag staff on his departure from Malta, 1961.

Photo : Matthew ElluladminJun 21, 2019
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 Primary children visit Ark Royal in GH 1973-4371 viewsNow known to be Luqa Primary thanks to Tamara Lewis (kneeling front left with finger in her mouth).

Photo : Brian FairbothamadminJun 14, 2019
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 More dinghy racing, circa 1965237 viewsSwordfish from Garrison Club in Marsamxett. Sail no.174 in centre.

Navy dentist Jerry Gardner (RN Tower Road clinic) sailed 175 (actually a Navy boat from St Angelo) and lavished much attention on her with gleaming mirror finish. He kept her at MGSC and constantly beat the Pongos. In retaliation he was disqualified for not wearing the correct "15" mark on the sail. Sour grapes or what !adminJun 09, 2019
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 Folkboat "Angela" at MGSC Hay Warf 1970408 viewsMartin Donnelly on helm, possibly David Kingdon on foredeck? (Or was it vice versa?).

Apologies for camera shake and poor quality.adminJun 02, 2019
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 More sailing in Marsamxett286 viewsFrom the Times of Malta 26 July 1970. Folkdance was a Garrison boat. Mike Johnson taught at St Andrew's.

Pictures of Sonia and Sheba (Navy Folkboats) required !!adminMay 27, 2019
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 Garrison club dinghies in Marsamxett. Postcard247 viewsPre 1980 when the Carmelite dome came to dominate the skyline. (Probably Swordfishes pre 1968 when the club bought Pegasus dinghies. Club closed in 1978 of course).

Sails have been coloured in, they were white. Some cards show them as white but are less clear.adminMay 26, 2019
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 Bathing machine196 viewsBalluta Bay c.1960

Photo : Norman SchembriadminMay 19, 2019
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 Making Tracks286 viewsIn September 1956 families enjoying the sun at Military Bay (now Golden Bay) are seemingly unconcerned by the landing craft sharing the beach. The vehicles are LVT-3s, known to their British users as the Buffalo, and their crews are training for the invasion of Suez.

Photo : The Tank MuseumadminMay 10, 2019
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 Ark in GH269 viewsHMS Ark Royal with Fairey Gannet taking off and SS Freshpring or Freshspray alongside delivering water, November 1960.adminMay 04, 2019
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 Uganda 1970s442 viewsTH pupils disembarking - which port?

Photo : Marion BrowningadminApr 28, 2019
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 RN families' clinic Tower Road298 viewsWell, they were made to keep the facade - so they did.....(taken 2018).adminApr 09, 2019
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 The Parting Shot311 viewsFinal Farewell - the then President of Malta Anton Buttigieg giving the last goodbye as HMS London departs the Grand Harbour on 1st April 1979, the last British naval vessel to leave Malta on the ultimate withdrawal from Malta. She wears the flag of the last Commander of the British forces in Malta, Rear Admiral O N A Cecil CB.

The end of an era - nearly 180 years of the Royal Navy at Malta.adminApr 01, 2019
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 Farewell to BFBS Malta, 40 years ago367 viewsFarewell to BFBS Malta, March 1979 - open the LINK HERE and click on the small black panel to listen.2 commentsadminApr 01, 2019
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 Verdala Bell-on-the-Well215 viewsCover to the deep well below the Verdala playground.

Sketch by Ken Woodhams.

Verdala website HEREadminMar 22, 2019
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 The Tales of Peter Prictoe256 viewsPP was a pupil at Verdala Dockyard School in the 1930s. He wrote some splendid anecdotes which can be read online HERE adminMar 21, 2019
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 Malta Family History147 viewsThe lost website now archived can still be visited.

Essential resource for historians.

Find it HEREadminMar 21, 2019
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 On the beach247 viewsA Royal Navy hovercraft glides onto the sand at Mellieha Bay in 1970.

Photo : Miguel BonelloadminMar 13, 2019
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 The Common Room website....(reunion association run by Viv, Tim, Bernard & Rog)611 views....is archived HERE (2006)

...and HERE (2013)

...and the links still work (mostly) !!1 commentsadminFeb 25, 2019
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 ...but when very shiny202 viewsPhoto : pinterest unattributedadminFeb 25, 2019
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 ...and now...277 viewsRust in Peace

Photo: Marco Zammit CollectionadminFeb 11, 2019
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 Then...245 viewsGasan Wayne Sliema bus at the Ferry 1958.

With 104th Minesweeping Squadron.

Photo: Alex HoskingadminFeb 11, 2019
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 Relic of St Angelo232 viewsNow on display in the re-opened Fort St Angelo with the ship's badge centre. Well worth a visit.
Although a 'Stone Frigate' HMS St Angelo was a commissioned ship, Flagship of Rear Admiral O N A Cecil, last Commander British Forces Malta (the two red circles in his flag denote rear admiral).
See WikiadminJan 27, 2019
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