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Cricketing Memories at Broadmoor.

Broadmoor Asylum Entrance 1908 Ref: 59488
Broadmoor Asylum Entrance 1908
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A fine cricket ground was included within the walls where Bracknell CC played each year. There was a concert party formed from among the inmates that used to give performances in the villages around Crowthorne: the party travelled with a strong force of warders. Just after WWII there was an occasion when a notorious murderer managed to escape and the alarm was sounded. It was powerful enough to be heard over a range of several miles. The escapee was soon recaptured but there was great local concern about the type of person held in Broadmoor.

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A memory of Broadmoor in Berkshire shared on Thursday, 6th April 2006.

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Please contact me with any information you may have about this establishment. I am writing a history. Thank you.

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