Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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 View from the British Hotel 1961 © Liz Mardel553 views1 commentsOldBatNov 26, 2013
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 Verdala Reunion 2013521 viewsIf you were also at Verdala and can't get to the Tal Handaq reunion in Bath, or if your siblings were at Verdala this may interest you. If so, please contact Sue Adams the organiser.

And please help spread the word!
www.verdala.comOldBatMar 05, 2013
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 Verdala 1958 © 1533 viewsIn the Ditch (Verdala Barracks).OldBatDec 14, 2012
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 Xlendi in 1992 © 567 viewsSt Patrick's Hotel is in there somewhere - but I'm not sure where! The little old fishermen's houses at the right are now surrounded by modern monsters!OldBatNov 26, 2012
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 Verdala School Gate © 563 viewsLeft - Our gate looking very sad. Taken by Adrian Baker in 1994
Right - Re-made for the Maltese school and taken in 2007 by Steve Mathews.
A good subject for one of those 'Spot the Difference' competitions?!OldBatNov 21, 2012
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 Miss Kernahan's photo of Verdala staff 1959 © 753 viewsInstructor Commander L. G. Brooks, M.B.E., R.N.
4A1 Mr. P. Ross 4A2 Miss A. Rowe 4B1 Mrs. D. Steele 4B2 Miss L. Candey 4C Mr. J. Ousbey 3A Mr, D, Jenkins 3B Miss S. Horton 3C1 Miss D. Butter 3C2 Miss E. McMeeking 3D Mrs. W. Preston 2A Mrs. L. Farrugia 2B Miss G. Stinston 2C Mr. R. Carrell 2D1 Miss D. Hodgson 2D2 Miss N. Roberts 1A Miss J. Watson 1B Miss B. Kernahan 1C Mrs. P. Allen ID Miss J. Billard 1E Mr. M. Birch
Rec. Mr. W. Willsher Mrs. R. Richards
I1 Miss A Batty I2 Mrs M Davies I3 Miss P Lee I4 Mrs I Keane I5 Miss W Townend I6 Miss K Burke I7 Miss P. Holwood I8 Miss G. M. Stideford I9 Mrs. P. Beech I10 Mr. A. Gee I11 Mrs. N. Farr I12 Mrs. E. Roberts. Secretary — Mrs. S. E. Boyce
OldBatOct 19, 2012
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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 commentsOldBatSep 04, 2012
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 Riot time 1958 ©550 viewsGetting near Verdala beside those great bastion walls, and more rocks across the road.OldBatSep 03, 2012
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 Riot time 1958 ©579 viewsThe school buses driving through Cospicua had to negotiate their way round rocks strewn across the roadOldBatSep 03, 2012
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 Riot time 1958 ©806 viewsBarrier near Admiralty House, Valletta on the corner of South Street and Old Bakery StreetOldBatSep 03, 2012
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 The palm tree in 1958 ©802 viewsand the VERY BIG playground as most former pupils remember them. 5 commentsOldBatJul 19, 2012
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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 commentsOldBatJul 18, 2012
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 Child Art Exhibition804 viewsWere you a budding artist in 1961?
Check out the names.1 commentsOldBatMar 31, 2012
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 My then boyfriend Joe's car, not very affectionately known as 'the orange Anglia"!747 viewsThe four figures with the car are - Joyce Rippin, needlework teacher at Tal Handaq, Ian Merrilees, doing his National Service on the C-in-C's flagship HMS Surprise, Liz Keating from Ireland who was teaching in a Maltese school and Joe Mardel, Admiralty Civil Engineer.
© Liz Mardel5 commentsOldBatJan 25, 2012
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 Stormy Sky over Senglea 1961552 viewsA superb image taken by a most valued contributor.3 commentsOldBatJan 12, 2012
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 Hagar Qim in Sept. 2010, now with a protective 'hat'!452 views4 commentsOldBatFeb 14, 2011
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 A view of Mnajdra near Hagar Qim about 1960450 views2 commentsOldBatFeb 14, 2011
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 What will they think of next?440 views4 commentsOldBatDec 05, 2010
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 Whoops!497 viewsAnother one for the caption competition8 commentsOldBatDec 05, 2010
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 Sliema from a chopper about 1959455 viewsOldBatMar 29, 2010
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 The end of the day, Grand Harbour 1959 ©1152 views10 commentsOldBatMar 29, 2010
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 Tigne front about 1959. Taken by my Joe from a chopper. He had a flat in Caledonia Mansions, one of the big blocks on the front.558 views3 commentsOldBatMar 29, 2010
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 Stone cutting in Valletta ca 1959444 viewsPhoto by Barbara KernahanOldBatFeb 03, 2010
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 A strike day at Msida ca 1959465 viewsPhoto taken by (Miss) Barbara Kernahan (Verdala staff) from her flat.OldBatFeb 03, 2010
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 Sammut's Stores (probably at Msida?) ca 1959439 viewsPhoto by Miss KernahanOldBatFeb 03, 2010
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 HMS Forth in Msida Creek ca 1958 ©717 viewsStunning photo by Barbara Kernahan from the window of her flat.1 commentsOldBatFeb 03, 2010
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 Raising a submarine in Msida Creek ca 1958 ©1121 viewsPhoto by (Miss) Barbara Kernahan6 commentsOldBatFeb 03, 2010
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 Another picture of the raising of a submarine in Msida Creek ©713 viewsPhoto by Barbara KernahanOldBatFeb 03, 2010
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 Faldettas in Zachary Street, Valletta and St John's co-cathedral529 viewsBarbara Kernahan's photo ca. 1959OldBatFeb 03, 2010
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 The new fountain - later on the first evening.374 viewsPhoto by Miss Barbara KernahanOldBatFeb 03, 2010
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 Verdala School in 1921605 viewsSame name but then an army garrison school in the Cospicua chapel-school destroyed in WW11. The glass plate for this picture was rescued from a Scouts' jumble sale in Gosport in 2005!OldBatNov 08, 2008
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 Verdala Sports 1960 ©743 views'One for John Kirby. Prizegiving at Verdala sports day 1960 from the opposite viewpoint. Have I caught your father in this picture?'
2 commentsOldBatOct 30, 2008
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