What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: HMS Mercury. From 1952 to 1992 Broadhalfpenny Down cricket ground was leased and maintained by HMS Mercury, the Royal Navy's Communications and Navigation School at Leydene a mile to the north-west. It was also used for hockey. It was at Mercury that the Broadhalfpenny Brigands CC was formed in 1959. Recorded plaque organisation: HMS Mercury Blue Plaque Scheme.
Broadhalfpenny Brigands Cricket Club was formed in 1959 by members of HMS Mercury, a Royal Navy Communications and Navigation School, utilizing a leased cricket ground; the club represents the intersection of military service and amateur sports culture in post-war Britain.
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