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Broadmoor Asylum Entrance 1908, Crowthorne
Broadmoor Asylum Entrance 1908, Crowthorne Ref: 59488
Memories of Broadmoor Asylum Entrance 1908, Crowthorne
Cricketing Memories at Broadmoor.
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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