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Tigne Barracks - in later years.862 viewsPrefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (7 votes)
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The Harbours c 1970600 viewsPrefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (6 votes)
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Tigne & Sliema Creek994 viewsPostcard. After the Army & Navy had gone.Prefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (5 votes)
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A Tigne Cave849 viewsToo wet for me to proceed further.Prefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (5 votes)
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Manoel Island751 viewsFootball pitches but not a warship in sight.Prefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (4 votes)
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Mellieha at Twilight535 viewsPrefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (3 votes)
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Johnnie's Bar - Mosta705 viewsSeems popular. Prefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (3 votes)
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Winch Room1006 viewsRail tracks misaligned with doorway confirming suggestion of earlier use? Brennan Torpedo?Prefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (3 votes)
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Map of Tigne Barracks c1970661 viewsPrefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (3 votes)
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Banyan Style640 views"The sand was so beautiful on Ramla beach that it was golden shading into red. There was no habitation there. You walked down a farm track through groves of bamboo to the beach. On the beach there is a statue of the Madonna on a pedestal. It carried a light or lantern on the top. There were few if any visitors. On some days the only person to visit the beach was the lamplighter who faithfully lit the Madonna’s light. As the evening light faded bats would swoop low over our campground. The trip was a success except that our pet tortoise, whom we had taken with us, marched off into the bamboo groves and may even be living there now after an interval of sixty-something years."
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HERE by Andrew McLeod.admin![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Anyone we know?317 viewsAlhambra 1970s.admin![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Aerial view Manoel Is, Valletta and old Tigne.598 views1980s postcard.admin![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Jessie's Bar578 viewsMuch patronised by the occupants of the barracks, the walls were covered in military photos and memorabilia.
From Bruce Williams.Prefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Ghar id-Dud & Qui-si-Sana522 viewsLate 40s or early 50s. With a view of the Union Club which is now lost behind high rises.Prefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Tigne Church behind the School, Wed 2nd Aug 1989800 viewsDavid Robinson![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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The Robinson flat, Tigne Barracks, Malta, Fri 4th Aug 19891207 viewsI think it was called D BlockDavid Robinson![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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The old Medical Block, Tigne Barracks, Wed 2nd Aug 19891154 viewsDavid Robinson![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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The old Bofors park, Tigne Barracks, Malta, Fri 4th Aug 19891793 viewsDavid Robinson![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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front of C Block, Tigne, Tue 1st Aug 1989715 viewsDavid Robinson![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Entrance to Tigne Barracks, guardhouse on left,Tue 1st Aug 1989755 viewsDavid Robinson![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Tigne Barracks 1965738 viewsBoathouse & slipway from our balcony.David Robinson![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Sliema Creek with LSTs624 viewsFrom our balcony 1964.David Robinson![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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family club690 viewskalafrana 1960scfaux![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Pretty Bay - Birzebbuga793 viewsPrefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Summer View over Ta'Qali to Mosta617 viewsPrefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Our Favourite Barracks916 viewsPhoto Ewart WhitePrefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (5 votes)
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Tigne on the Chart554 viewsPublished 1976, corrected to 1991.
(Admiralty Charts went politically correct in the early seventies, doing away with fathoms at the same time.)Prefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (3 votes)
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Inside winch room695 viewsWe could never see it like this by candlelight (entry from inside caves).Martin Powell![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (3 votes)
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Wembley Ice Cream620 viewsFactory at Gzira opened 1937.Prefect![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Winch engine - ripe for restoration.741 viewsBut diesel not steam, sorry folks.Martin Powell![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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Winch for boom defence689 viewsA tad rusty, but it has had 70 years exposed to the salt (although the doors were locked in our time). But Prefect took his wire brush this year and polished it all up.Martin Powell![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) ![5](images/rate_full.png) (2 votes)
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