 Last additions - derrick calver
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Winning entry123 viewsMike Vingoe (Verdala & Tal-Handaq) won with this entry in the Sunday Telegraph a few years agoderrick calverJul 08, 2024
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Malta Bus 118 viewsInterior of Zabbar bus 1971.
Does anyone remember singing on the school bus "Oh you'll never get to heaven in a Maltese bus 'cause a Maltese bus makes too much fuss!"derrick calverMar 10, 2024
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Bernards of Harwich (advert from school magazine)85 viewsBefore they closed Bernards supplied Naval uniforms in most of the R N ports home and abroad. They also supplied our school uniforms. But did you know that on their top floor of their Sliema branch they stocked Hornby Train Sets!derrick calverDec 04, 2023
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On this day 2003 - singer Robert Allen Palmer b.19 January 1949 – d.26 September 2003159 viewsRobert mainly lived in Malta from 1950 to 1961 (age 1-12). His father was RN (Dingli) and Robert went to Verdala and/or Tal-Handaq (exact dates are unkown).
He mentions his time in Malta briefly HERE (wind forward 15 mins) and in other youtube interviews.derrick calverSep 26, 2023
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Not a lot of people know that!108 viewsMichael Caine in Mdina while filming Pulp 1971/72
View film free HEREderrick calverJun 12, 2023
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Verdala 1960s135 viewsAn unusual aerial photo showing the whole of St Clement's Retrenchmentderrick calverMay 28, 2023
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Vittoriosa from Verdala 114 viewsVittoriosa taken from Verdala rooftop, 1920sderrick calverMay 28, 2023
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Marshall Court 139 viewsThe building of Marshall Court for Navy families (early 1950s?)derrick calverMay 19, 2023
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Mosta Iron Bridge (to Fort Mosta)97 viewsScene of rock-climbing days with Mr Tomlinson. Started 1844 the bridge took 27 years to complete. Crossing it in the 1950s was a little more nerve racking than the new bridge built in the 1980s. derrick calverMay 19, 2023
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Royal Naval Supply & Transport Service128 viewsRNSTS (formerly SNSO) at Pinto Wharf 1971. The original facade was later rebuilt and now forms part of Valletta Waterfront.derrick calverApr 27, 2023
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SNSO Naval Stores / Dockyard Technical College159 viewsThe metal buildings were used by SNSO after WW2, and later as classrooms by the Dockyard College.
See also this onederrick calverApr 27, 2023
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SNSO Naval Stores Office 1942158 viewsSNSO Malta after bombing April 1942
Photo : Imperial War Museumderrick calverApr 27, 2023
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St Clement's prisoner of war camp Verdala WW1 (3)109 viewsGerman prisoners marching for the Kaiser's birthday 1917derrick calverApr 01, 2023
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St Clement's prisoner of war camp Verdala WW1 (2)102 viewsThe building at the back where RNS Verdala had the school library and classroomsderrick calverApr 01, 2023
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St Clement's prisoner of war camp Verdala WW189 viewsOne of a number of photographs taken during the first World War by Daniel Hiesinger.
Note the guards sitting on deck chairs on the battlements!derrick calverApr 01, 2023
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Fire !104 viewsGuns of St Angelo Sept 1971 (2)derrick calverFeb 26, 2023
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The guns of St Angelo 11379 viewsPhoto taken Sept 1971. At that time these were the only static Royal Navy guns on the island.derrick calverFeb 26, 2023
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Ferro Bay 2113 viewsFerro bay at sunrise November 1976. The ship on the horizon is HMS Fearless which had taken part in the filming of The Spy Who Loved Me off Malta the previous month.derrick calverFeb 08, 2023
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Ferro bay Sliema126 viewsFerro bay home of the Tower Road Swimming Team. The bay is below Sliema Point Battery known as Il-Fortizza.derrick calverFeb 08, 2023
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Coca Cola96 viewsHow many of you remember removing the cork in the cap looking for the coloured bottle underneath?
Picture from school magazinederrick calverJan 14, 2023
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Christmas card 194481 viewsMalta Command Signalsderrick calverDec 24, 2022
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Christmas card 1940s 91 viewsThe unsinkable aircraft carrierderrick calverDec 24, 2022
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Christmas card 1949101 viewsRFA Fort Duquesnederrick calverDec 20, 2022
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Christmas card 1940/50s79 views108th Minesweeping Squadronderrick calverDec 20, 2022
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Robinson Crusoe 2156 viewsPhoto of the cast (with the Verdala monkeys) - names please !derrick calverDec 04, 2022
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Robinson Crusoe 1958126 viewsPantomime put on by the Senior Dockyard Officers Club. Most of the tribe of monkeys referred to came from Verdala ( does anyone have the photo of the monkeys with Widow Crusoe?)derrick calverDec 04, 2022
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Marshall Court, Manoel Island & Empire Stadium Gzira140 viewsPostcard from the 1950s. Marshall Court (the block of flats on the left in the middle of the photo) was accommodation for Naval families up until the late 1960s. The Empire stadium is on the right of the photo and is that HMS Ranpura in Gzira creek? Mothballed reserve fleet also at Ta'Xbiex.derrick calverNov 26, 2022
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