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Bletchley Park Gets £4.6 Million Restoration

mikejuk writes "Bletchley Park has secured a £4.6 million Heritage Lottery Fund Grant for the establishment of a visitor center dedicated to the World War II Codebreakers. This year saw the unveiling of a new memorial to the Codebreakers in the grounds of Bletchley Park by the Queen. Shortly after her visit, a new fundraising campaign for the restoration of the iconic huts where the code-breaking teams worked was inaugurated, with help and sponsorship from Google. The grant will enable the restoration of Codebreaking Huts 1, 3 and 6, and create a world-class visitor center and exhibition in the currently derelict Block C. The Bletchley Park Trust has launched the 'Action This Day' campaign to raise the match funding now needed."

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  1. Re:U571 by ledow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Flamebaiting bastard.

    (As most UK people will know, the movie U-571 is entirely bullshit about how the US captured an Enigma machine from a boat that, in real life, was never involved)

    Wonder how the Yanks would feel about a British movie depicting the Boston Tea Party as a British success...

  2. Great by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Too bad they can't give Alan Turing his life back.

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade