Trip to Bletchley Park
3 January 2007I finally made my long awaited trip to the Bletchley Park. I have wanted to visit for a few years now, but I never got around to actually doing it. However The Bristol Holloway Provable Security Day at Bletchley Park made sure I set aside all other commitments. The travel expense were paid for and lunch provided as well. Now, what did I say my real reason for jumping at the offer was :P I am a PhD student after all.
I will not try and recount the entire history of Bletchley Park here. I will leave that to more detailed sources. Suffice to say that Britain’s code breaking efforts during WW2 were coordinated from Bletchley Park and great minds like Alan Turing worked on these premises.
I was a little disappointed at the general state of Bletchley Park though. For a country that seems to care so much about its history and especially anything related to the World Wars, Bletchley park certainly seems to have gotten the short end of the stick in terms of funding for its upkeep. However seeing a working Enigma machine ( see the film Enigma is you’d rather not read about it :) ) and a reconstructed Colossus as well as a replica of the original Bombe more than made up for everything.
You can see all the pictures from my trip here
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