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April 24, 2014 Gordon Welchman - Bletchley Park’s Architect of Ultra Intelligence
April 2014
The biography of one of Bletchley Park’s
lesser-celebrated geniuses, Gordon Welchman,
has been launched with the handover of personal
documents and possessions to the Bletchley Park
Trust. They include letters and documents which
had been in Welchman’s son Nick’s loft until he
was approached by the author, Dr Joel Greenberg.
Tickets are on sale now for Bletchley Park
Presents Dr Joel Greenberg; a talk about
Gordon Welchman, on Sunday 18 May.
#BPark, #Bletchleypark, #enigma, #Bombe
3 min
April 22, 2014 Water Hall foundations found - Yet another exciting discovery
April 2014
Foundations believed to be of a house that predated
the iconic Mansion have been found as part of the
restoration of Bletchley Park. Water Hall was built in
1711 but by the late 18th century it had fallen into
disrepair and was demolished by 1806.
Bletchley Park's Media Relations Manager & Podcast
Host, Katherine Lynch, spoke to Helen Legh on BBC
Three Counties Radio Friday 18 April.
Thanks to BBC3CR for use of this recording.
Image: ©English Heritage Detail from the 1718 Estate
Survey (reproduced with permission from the Centre
for Bucks Studies, Ma299/1)
#BPark, #Bletchleypark, #enigma, #BBC3CR
5 min
April 17, 2014 Extra - E35 - Codebreakers’ Legacy - Prof. Barry Cooper
April 2014
Prof. Barry Cooper discussed Alan Turing’s life
and work at last year’s sell-out day of talks,
Codebreakers’ Legacy.
Book now for Bletchley Park Presents
Christy Campbell on Easter Sunday.
https://bletchleypark.org.uk/calendar/d.rhtm/758932-Bletchley-Park-Presents---Christy-Campbell.html
Book now - https://bletchleypark.org.uk/shop/p.rhtm/130872/762467-Ticket20AprilChristyCampbell_Talk.html
Picture ©Mubsta.com
#BPark, #BletchleyPark, #Enigma,
#AlanTuring, #Turing, #ATY,
#mcfontaine
29 min
April 17, 2014 Bletchley Park Podcast Extra - E35 - Codebreakers’ Legacy - Prof. Barry Cooper
April 2014
Prof. Barry Cooper discussed Alan Turing’s life
and work at last year’s sell-out day of talks,
Codebreakers’ Legacy.
Book now for Bletchley Park Presents
Christy Campbell on Easter Sunday.
https://bletchleypark.org.uk/calendar/d.rhtm/758932-Bletchley-Park-Presents---Christy-Campbell.html
Book now - https://bletchleypark.org.uk/shop/p.rhtm/130872/762467-Ticket_20_April_Christy_Campbell_Talk.html
Picture ©Mubsta.com
#BPark, #BletchleyPark, #Enigma,
#AlanTuring, #Turing, #ATY,
#mcfontaine
29 min
April 12, 2014 The Bletchley Circle Returns to PBS
April 2014
The Bletchley Circle makes a welcome return this
weekend on America’s Public Broadcasting Service.
Series two of the hit ITV drama attracted more than
4 million viewers per episode on ITV in January and
from Sunday 13 April it will be shown on PBS.
You can hear more from the cast as well as the series
Writer and Creator, Guy Burt, and Executive Producer,
Jake Lushington, in our special December episode.
https://audioboo.fm/boos/1803303-bletchley-park-podcast-extra-the-bletchley-circle-returns
Picture: ©ITV
#BPark, #Bletchleypark, #enigma, #ladynerds
4 min
April 10, 2014 E21 - It nearly drove us mad
April 2014
This month, we take you inside the 1940s Boutique, a
new event which helps you recreate wartime glamour.
We hear from the daughter and granddaughters of a
woman who may or may not have worked at Bletchley
Park but who, family legend has it, knew her brother
had been killed in action when the rest of her family
could only be told he was missing.
We take a sneak peek inside the soon to be opened
Codebreaking Huts, taken back to their wartime glory
as part of the £8 million restoration of Bletchley Park,
meeting the volunteer actors who have become part of
the way we tell this incredible story. We find out just
how close we came to losing those wooden huts
altogether.
We also hear from a woman who, 70 years on, says
her work in the Y service nearly drove her mad.
Margaret Reardon (nee Chapman) recalls “Quite a
few people broke down. There was a joke about one
man who drew ducks on the blackboard and was
feeding them - he had to be carried off. It really got
into you.”
The music you can hear in this episode is from those
brilliant Bletchley Park supporters The Three Belles.
Find out more about them at http://thethreebelles.com
Picture ©Elbow Productions
#BPark, #BletchleyPark, #Enigma,
#livinghistory, #TheThreeBelles,
#mcfontaine
46 min
April 10, 2014 The Bletchley Park Podcast - E21 - It nearly drove us mad
April 2014
This month, we take you inside the 1940s Boutique, a
new event which helps you recreate wartime glamour.
We hear from the daughter and granddaughters of a
woman who may or may not have worked at Bletchley
Park but who, family legend has it, knew her brother
had been killed in action when the rest of her family
could only be told he was missing.
We take a sneak peek inside the soon to be opened
Codebreaking Huts, taken back to their wartime glory
as part of the £8 million restoration of Bletchley Park,
meeting the volunteer actors who have become part of
the way we tell this incredible story. We find out just
how close we came to losing those wooden huts
altogether.
We also hear from a woman who, 70 years on, says
her work in the Y service nearly drove her mad.
Margaret Reardon (nee Chapman) recalls “Quite a
few people broke down. There was a joke about one
man who drew ducks on the blackboard and was
feeding them - he had to be carried off. It really got
into you.”
The music you can hear in this episode is from those
brilliant Bletchley Park supporters The Three Belles.
Find out more about them at http://thethreebelles.com
Picture ©Elbow Productions
#BPark, #BletchleyPark, #Enigma,
#livinghistory, #TheThreeBelles,
#mcfontaine
46 min
April 04, 2014 Volunteer Actors Bring Huts To Life - John Wilkes
April 2014
Volunteer actors from the local community will help bring
Codebreaking Huts 3 & 6 to life through their projected
images & voices, created by Elbow Productions.
You can hear more about this project in the next episode
of The Bletchley Park Podcast, out on the 10th of April.
Picture: ©Elbow Productions
#BPark, #Bletchleypark, #ww2veteran, #enigma
4 min
April 02, 2014 It nearly drove us mad - Margaret Reardon
April 2014
Margaret Reardon, ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service), Royal
Signals, recalls her time listening to enemy radio messages
on the Isle of Man during World War Two.
You can hear more from Margaret in the next episode of The
Bletchley Park Podcast, out on the 10th of April.
#BPark, #Bletchleypark, #ww2veteran, #enigma
3 min
March 28, 2014 Extra - E34 - Captain Jerry Roberts MBE
March 2014
Captain Jerry Roberts MBE, one of Bletchley Park’s last
Codebreakers, died this week at the age of 93.
Jerry was one of the original members of The Testery
working on cracking Tunny, the German High Commands code,
used by Hitler & his top Generals.
Their work warned the Russian’s of The Kursk Offensive,
allowing them to defend until the Germans called off, what would be their last major offensive on the Eastern Front.
Winston Churchill said “Stalingrad was the end of the
beginning, but the Battle of Kursk was the beginning of the end”.
In this Bletchley Park Podcast Extra, we bring you the
interview we recorded at Jerry’s home, in February 2013
after being awarded an MBE. It is followed a short interview
Katherine recorded on the day he received his MBE from
Her Majesty The Queen.
Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE, Chairman, Bletchley Park Trust,
paying tribute to Jerry said:
“Captain Jerry Roberts MBE was a true gentleman and - to the
last days of his long life - an outstanding ambassador for
Bletchley Park.
In World War 2 he was a key member of the team who
deciphered the most secret communications of Hitler and his top commanders, work of incomparable importance for the outcome of the War.
Unfailingly modest about his own achievements, he was
committed to the end to achieving recognition for the work of his colleagues and the contribution of all those who worked at
Bletchley Park. He will be greatly missed.
Our thoughts are with his devoted wife, Mei."
Picture: ©mubsta.com
#bletchleypark, #bpark, #tunny, #ww2, #jerryroberts
#wonder88
30 min

About Bletchley Park

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Bletchley Park is the home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret intelligence which had a direct and profound influence on the outcome of the conflict. The site is now a museum and heritage attraction, open daily.