Restored Bletchly Park Opens

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday June 18, 2014 @04:46AM from the things-to-see dept.

Graculus (3653645) writes with this excerpt from the BBC: Codebreakers credited with shortening World War Two worked in Bletchley Park, in structures built to last only a few years. Now, following a painstaking restoration, they have been brought back to life and Wednesday's official opening marks a remarkable turnaround from top secrecy to world wide attraction. With no photographs of the insides to work with, Bletchley Park looked to its most valuable resource — the veterans who worked there. A museum at the site has already been opened. The structures were once perilously close to being lost forever (until Google stepped in).

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Codebreakers by Gunhandbags · 2014-06-18 04:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I would love to see this place. My Dad was a Codebreaker stationed on Panama. I think there must have been Codebreakers all over the place. He didn't talk much about what he did. It seems many WW2 vets were/are quiet about the war. Thanks for bringing attention to this important role in the war. Mary at www.gunhandbags.com , proud daughter of a Codebreaker and supporter of 2nd amendment