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Encyclopedia > Broadmoor Records
A broken Broadmoor record in debris in the formerly flooded Broadmoor neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina.
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A broken Broadmoor record in debris in the formerly flooded Broadmoor neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina.

Broadmoor Records was a New Orleans, Louisiana based record label. Established by Dave Bartholomew, it was named after his neighborhood Broadmoor, New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina was the eleventh-named tropical storm, fourth hurricane, third major hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. ... New Orleans (local pronunciations: , , or ) (French: La Nouvelle-Orléans, pronounced in standard French accent) is a major U.S. port city and historically the largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Dave Bartholomew is a musician, bandleader, composer, and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans, Louisiana throughout the second half of the 20th century. ...


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Broadmoor, New Orleans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (180 words)
Broadmoor is a neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Broadmoor is low lying ground in New Orleans, and was only substantially developed beginning in the early 20th century after improved drainage was initiated (see: Drainage in New Orleans).
Broadmoor flooded badly in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
INNOCENT - Fighting miscarriages of justice (4847 words)
He was committed to Broadmoor asylum for the criminally insane, to be detained at His Majesty's pleasure.
According to contemporary NHS records, "If the doctors, or the majority of them, certify that the prisoner is 'insane', sentence of death is never carried out but the prisoner is reprieved and detained indefinitely, usually as a Broadmoor patient.
According to Broadmoor records, he said he did it to give the police "something really to do" instead of doing him for trivial offences.
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