Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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Sliema 1967270 viewsOn the right a locally produced
Triumph Herald made by The Car Assembly Ltd [CAL]
at the Marsa production line.
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1st Team 1967-8269 viewsphilb57
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A Tremendous Swell268 viewsGraham Bence as Pooh Bahbernardhoctor
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268 viewsMum and Aunt Lil (visiting from UK) at Ghajn Tuffiehajimjoyner1
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266 viewsMe and Dad waiting for the time delay on the camera (sat on a rock) to take the photo at Ghajn Tuffieha beach.jimjoyner1
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Made in Malta - The Count of Monte Cristo, 2002266 viewsGood swashbuckling stuff, filmed 80% on location in Malta. Your admin has dived the treasure cave !

Full movie free HERE
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Britannia Entering Grand Harbour265 viewsCopyright © Lesley Cole

Tug Roysterer or Respond.
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Sheriff who?265 viewsNot a lot of people know this - but Keith Allen, star of stage and screen (at present playing in "Hogarth's Progress" as the older William Hogarth) - and of course Lily Allen's father- went to Verdala in 1960. His autobiog briefly describes his time in Malta (scroll down to chapter 3, page 40) -

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Battle scar264 views"Sergeant Gordon Tweedale of 185 Squadron [was] shot down and killed in his first sortie in a Spitfire. Tweedale’s Spitfire ... crashed in Lija ... . The scarred wall of a building on the corner of Saviour Street, damaged by the Spitfire in the final moments of its terminal dive, remains a poignant reminder... ."
Text from Air Battle for Malta by Anthony Rogers, published by Greenhill Books, c/o Pen & Sword Books Ltd.
Picture courtesy of Google Street View; screenshot taken November 2019.
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Empire Lifeguard 1948263 viewsCastle Class Corvette (Maiden Castle), completed as Rescue Ship and later used as Army Transport.Prefect
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HMS Albacore 1945263 viewsAlgerine ClassPrefect
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Royal Opera House263 viewsThose of us who went to school in Malta will remember the ruins of the Opera House hit by a land mine in WW2. However, as you can see from this postcard a great deal of the building remained until he early 1950s. It appears in the Malta Story filmed in 1952 and I believe the main demolition was done in 1954 but I cannot confirm this,derrick calver
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On this day 1965 - Hal-Far262 views1st Sept 1965 RNAS Hal Far was formally handed over to the RAF.

Picture taken 31 August the last day of HMS Falcon.

By kind permission of Mark Woolley whose father Bob took it. See Woolley Family
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The Tales of Peter Prictoe258 viewsPP was a pupil at Verdala Dockyard School in the 1930s. He wrote some splendid anecdotes which can be read online HERE admin
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The Admirable Crichton 1955256 viewsAnn Ross-MacDonald
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Restoration of the Verdala "lantern"...255 views...by the Malta Restoration Directorate, 2020...

...but not yet on their WEBSITE

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A film for April Fools255 viewsBlack Eagle - possibly the lamest film made in Malta (or anywhere), despite Van Damme's and Kosugi's best (or worst) efforts. Not made as a comedy but laughable in every way, redeemed only by the scenery (but of course no extras available from TH to save the day), 1988.

Film HERE

More stills HERE

What the REVIEWS SAID (scroll down).
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David Spear - Choirboy254 viewsRN Dockyard Church 1949 - 1951.Prefect
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252 viewsMy Dad overlooking Balluta Bay, Sliemajimjoyner1
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Christmas Greetings from Gozo 2021252 viewsChristmas tree in Fontana made from 8,800 recycled plastic bottles.admin
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Sliema 1967250 viewsThe slipway at Sliema.Military Brat
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249 viewsMe (standing) with younger brother Andrew at Ghajn Tuffieha beach probably 1966. I imaging it would have been one of the first colour photos we had taken.jimjoyner1
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249 viewsMum Dad and Andrewjimjoyner1
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Malta v England 12 May 1971248 viewsEngland 5 : Malta 0

See MATCH REPORT
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Lija bus 3032, a tight squeeze248 viewsLija Bus no. 3032 daily trip passing Triq il-Mithna on its way to Valletta, 1960s.

Photo source unattributed
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Royal Marines beating retreat Verdala 1966 (2)247 viewsTwo paces forward.

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