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Nx I M B Y
A celebration of things on
our doorstep that we often
overlook: in my back yard.
This month Bletchley Park.
Bletchley Park was Britain’s main decryption establishment during World War II. It’s historical importance is unarguable. Certainly Google thinks so - they have just donated £550,000 to the fund to restore the codebreaking huts AND the search engine giant has also provided cash to purchase key papers of Alan Turing, the maths genius behind the codebreaking efforts.
It was a simple tweet that started off the involvement of Google. A campaigner for Bletchley Park tweeted that important papers were up for sale. The papers date to 1936 and describe an automatic machine which could read and manipulate symbols on a tape. They were the basis for the first electronic computer, built at Bletchley, in order to break codes. It seemed only right that these papers should be at Bletchley Park. One of their American employees saw the tweet and put the wheels in motion to raise the cash for their purchase. Peter Baron, head of external relations for Google in Europe, the Middle East and Africa said “I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that without Alan Turning, Google in the form we know it would not exist”.
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The park is a fabulous place to visit, steeped in memories and history. It houses a collection of Enigma Machines, including the rare 'Abwehr G312'. There is a wartime mini cinema, an outstanding Churchill collection, a wartime toys exhibition and you can visit the Victorian Mansion that was headquarters to intelligence staff during the war. The National Museum of Computing is housed here. And there is a rather lovely
homage to the
heroic role that
pigeons played
during periods of
war. You may even
be the one to
discover the map
to genius
mathematician
Alan Turing's silver, supposedly buried
in or near Bletchley Park.
It is rough around the edges, a little bit cheesey in parts and desperately in need of that cash, (so thanks Google). But walking around the grounds, past the dishevelled huts, and seeing the
enormous computing machines, does somehow give you goose bumps. If you’ve not already been yet, I’d suggest watching the film Enigma with Dougray Scott and Kate Winslett first, which oddly enough was filmed at another local landmark, Chichely Hall. Then get yourself down to Bletchley to enjoy the real thing. After all, it’s right in your back yard. HB
Parts of Bletchley Park have now
been preserved, but many of the
huts are still boarded up. A £15
million project is planned to
transform the site into a world-class
heritage and education centre. The
trust need to raise £1.7 million
match funding to earn a £4.6million
Heritage Lottery Fund grant. Once
the funds are in place work will
begin on huts 1, 3 and 6, creating a
visitor centre and exhibition in the currently derelict Block C.
“I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that without Alan Turning, Google in the form we know it would not exist”.
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