Broadmoor Alarm

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Kinky

39,574 posts

270 months

Monday 4th April 2016
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Funnily enough I did hear last weeks one. I can't think back to the last time I heard it.

However, I'm assuming it was the Bagshot one; although it's possible it was from Bracknell.

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

238 months

Monday 4th April 2016
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The nearest siren to us in Sandhurst hasn't been working for a while and I was told they are all due to be de-commissioned and replaced with a Twitter feed!

Terminator X

15,099 posts

205 months

Tuesday 5th April 2016
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FurtiveFreddy said:
The nearest siren to us in Sandhurst hasn't been working for a while and I was told they are all due to be de-commissioned and replaced with a Twitter feed!
Reassuring!

TX.

FurryExocet

3,011 posts

182 months

Tuesday 5th April 2016
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FurtiveFreddy said:
The nearest siren to us in Sandhurst hasn't been working for a while and I was told they are all due to be de-commissioned and replaced with a Twitter feed!
Broadmoor is closing down anyway? My mate worked there for many years and recently left because of this.

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

238 months

Tuesday 5th April 2016
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It's not closing down, it's being redeveloped with new buildings replacing some of the old hospital buildings.

Trevatanus

11,125 posts

151 months

Tuesday 5th April 2016
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little bit of concern on a couple of local Facebook groups today that the sirens have gone off a few times this morning.

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

238 months

Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Trevatanus said:
little bit of concern on a couple of local Facebook groups today that the sirens have gone off a few times this morning.
I didn't hear them as my local one's broken and I don't do Twitter, so presumably I'm fair game for any knife-wielding maniac who could be on the loose?

Trevatanus

11,125 posts

151 months

Tuesday 5th April 2016
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FurtiveFreddy said:
Trevatanus said:
little bit of concern on a couple of local Facebook groups today that the sirens have gone off a few times this morning.
I didn't hear them as my local one's broken and I don't do Twitter, so presumably I'm fair game for any knife-wielding maniac who could be on the loose?
I decided to use Twitter as a tool to find out the answer, and got a message back within 30 minutes from @wlmht (West London Mental Health Trust) who run the place to advise no siren activation today.

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

238 months

Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Trevatanus said:
I decided to use Twitter as a tool to find out the answer, and got a message back within 30 minutes from @wlmht (West London Mental Health Trust) who run the place to advise no siren activation today.
So Facebook is wrong and Twitter is right?

And over there on Instagram, we have....



Bullett

10,888 posts

185 months

Tuesday 5th April 2016
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I've not heard it today in Little Sandhurst and I did hear the test yesterday.

Trevatanus

11,125 posts

151 months

Tuesday 5th April 2016
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FurtiveFreddy said:
Trevatanus said:
I decided to use Twitter as a tool to find out the answer, and got a message back within 30 minutes from @wlmht (West London Mental Health Trust) who run the place to advise no siren activation today.
So Facebook is wrong and Twitter is right?

And over there on Instagram, we have....

I guess wlmht would regard a siren activation as a "live incident" whereas testing would not?
Bear in mind that wlmht HQ is presumably in West London somewhere, and they may not be aware?

66mpg

651 posts

108 months

Saturday 9th April 2016
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I used to work in Ascot. I used to hear the siren test on Monday mornings and think "Crosse & Blackwell" to myself.

Planet Claire

3,321 posts

210 months

Monday 11th April 2016
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Does anyone else in Bracknell hear it right now?

FurtiveFreddy

8,577 posts

238 months

Monday 11th April 2016
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Yes, it's the normal Monday morning test, although very quiet here, so I think the siren nearest to me still isn't working...

Bullett

10,888 posts

185 months

Monday 11th April 2016
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Same as normal here.

BlackpoolRock

1,183 posts

153 months

Monday 11th April 2016
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I hear it in Hurst every Monday morning.

ph1l5

5,025 posts

203 months

Monday 11th April 2016
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Went off today.

Trevatanus

11,125 posts

151 months

Monday 11th April 2016
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ph1l5 said:
Went off today.
As it did last Monday, and will do next Monday, and every Monday till it's decommissioned

smile