The Royal Naval School

TAL-ĦANDAQ

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Home Page for past Staff and Pupils of The Royal Naval School, Malta
This site provides a general information resource, meeting place and contact site for former staff and pupils, now living world wide, who attended the Royal Naval School on the Island of Malta. For more than a century, the school met the education requirements of many thousands of youngsters who lived with parents working on the Islands, either in the Armed Forces or in supporting civilian occupations. The earliest origins of a forces school can be traced back to 1820 and Captain M F Law MA RN has compiled a very condensed version of the very distinguished,
History of The Royal Naval School - Tal-Ħandaq


Updated on 7 April 2010 Royal Naval School Tal-Ħandaq Reunion - 25 September 2010 Booking is Essential - Click Here for further Event Details Invitations have already been distributed to members for the above event but if you haven't received yours yet, please follow the links to: The Invitation and Booking Form or email:Viv with your request For this reunion, raffle prizes include return flights for two, courtesy of Air Malta, with five nights in a 4-star hotel, courtesy of Chevron Holidays. (Conditions apply.) Newly located Tal-Ħandaq members are listed below, or click 'Contacts' for the full list of all our e-mailable members. If you wish to contact old friends, just e-mail *Viv* with your request. Many more Tal-Ħandaq members (contactable by other means) are included on our full membership list, also available by request from *Viv*

The Committee

The Committee
Tim - Bernard - Rog
Viv
At Tal-Ħandaq for 'Malta in the Millennium', 16 September 2000

Reunions & Events

Click on the event for information, reports and photos:-

The 'Old School Bell' Project, September 2001

Malta in the Millennium

A mini reunion originally planned for the early 60s group.
The event took place 12th-19th September 2000 and was a huge success.

Duns Castle Reunion

The gathering, held 18th-20th February 2000, was an excellent event
The setting was Duns Castle in the Scottish Borders of Berwickshire and the weather was superb.

Farnborough Reunion

A gathering for a group from the late 60s & early 70s held on 23rd October 1999
Keith Dickerson has now posted the report with photographs on his web site.
Remember to hit your 'back' button to return to the Tal-Ħandaq 'Common Room'

Developing Contact Records

The process of cataloguing and cross-referencing names and contact details was initiated by Rog Wilkin and Bernard Hoctor. Viv and Tim Daly maintain the database and assist with the rapidly expanding list of world-wide contacts. Confidentiality prevents general publication of the information but specific details can be requested by e-mail and released with the agreement of the individuals concerned.

To contact personal school friends and staff on the internet visit:-

The Contacts Register!

For the convenience of regular visitors looking for 'new arrivals' and 'lost links',
we list them here for a few weeks, in addition to placing them on the main 'Contact Register' hyperlinked above.

New Arrivals / Newly Acquired E-Mail Links (between 8 January & 7 April 2010)

**NEW CONTACTS**
Alan Gravener - 68/70 Albert Fenech - 57/59 Ann Sladden - 59/62 Anne Giles - 57/59 Barbara Miller - 61/63 Billy Rayner - 47/49 Bryan 'Sandy' Sanderson - 61/64 Bunty Jackman - 61 Carol Morrison - 62/64 Catriona McDonald - 61/63 Chris Hammond - 48/50 Christopher Ruoff - 50/60 David Metcalfe - 69/72 Debbie Helliwell - 74/77 Denise Barrow - 72/75 Denise Williams - 52/54 Derek Nice - 59/60 Diana Gray - 67/69 Dianne Cattle - 68/70 Eddie Devlin - 66/69 Ercu 'Ergi' Bilgin - 70/71 Eunice Rolfe - 53/56	Gary Booth - 73/77 George Lyall - 61/63 Graham Holt - 63/65 Ian 'Wally' Wallis - 56/58 Jackie Hoskin - 49/52 Jane Stephenson - 68/71 Joey Lock - 58/62 Julie Record - 60/63 Keith Pearce - 51/52 Kevin Stone - 68/70 Linda Buchan - 66/69 Linda Jacobs - 59/61 Margaret Baynes - 52/54 Margaret Davenport - 50/52 Margaret White - 46/50 Michael Barrett - 75/76 Mike Eyett - 57/59 Montie McDowell - 66/69 Neil Garrick-Maidment - 72/75 Nicholas Woodley - 64/67 Nigel Dawson - 61/65 Paul Bennett - 75/76	Peter Jackson - 51/53 Phyllis Hannan - 60/64 Ralph Linsell - 67/69 Ray Hart - 60/61 Rina Demby Tayar - 66/73 Rod Ogden - 62/65 Roger Jones - 50/53 Ron Gilbert - 50/53 Rosalind 'Buzz' Newman - 53/56 Rosemary Davenport - 49/51 Sally Burns - 75/78 Sally Macafee - 60 Sandra English - 61/63 Sandra Jacobs - 59/61 Sandra Markham - 53/56 Stephen Barrett - 73/76 Sue Burns - 74/78 Sue Rooke - 54/57 Susie Barber - 69/72 Terence Tooth - 46/49 Trevor Ricketts - 67/78 Valerie Donson - 59/60

To help us with information on lost contacts please visit:-

Where are they now?

Remember to:-
Visit the Notice Board :
for details of the availability of the Tal-Ħandaq memorabilia and other general information.

Malta Crest

'Tal-Ħandaq School, Malta'

This aerial view of Tal-Ħandaq, Malta, courtesy of Keith Poulton, was taken in September 2000
The school remains a Maltese college, although it has undergone a complete rebuild leaving very few of the original buildings still standing.

Click here for a further selection of Aerial Views of Tal-Ħandaq

Author's Notes:-

As Web Site author I hope this site provides useful links for those trying to re-establish contacts with old friends.
Your information and suggestions would be welcome in order to keep the news of your new links current.
All developments mailed through the Common Room will be considered by the 'Committee of Four'.
Looking forward to an opportunity of meeting you in the future.
Tim J Daly

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