Tony Black obituary

My friend Tony Black, who has died at 89 of pneumonia and emphysema, was my predecessor as chief psychologist at Broadmoor, the high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire.The son of Walter, a civil servant, and Rose (nee Foster), a former nurse, Tony was born between the wars in Sanderstead, Surrey, into a secure, loving family. Early experiences of growing up with a mentally and physically disabled sister, and counselling members of his battalion while on national service with the Royal Artillery, set him on the pathway for life as a psychologist.Continue reading...
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