You may ask what Bletchley Park has to do with making
needles. The answer is - nothing - but
as it is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing I
indulged my own interests and happily there were about three dozen Needlemakers
who felt the same.
We had an excellent guide and, even though I have been there
before, I learned so much more. If you
have never been it is well worth joining one of their guided tours. The insights into the people who worked there
are as interesting as the technical information and the guides are
knowledgeable and enthusiastic.
It is so important that this site is preserved for future
generations (and was so nearly lost) and one can only be impressed by the work
of the Trust and especially those volunteers who have restored and rebuilt the
equipment. It was also announced
yesterday that Bletchley Park has successfully raised the matched funding
needed to release their Heritage Lottery Grant
I will definitely be going back – too much to take in at one
go and as the restoration moves forward there will always be something new to
see.
If you want to learn further visit the website, Bletchley Park. There is also a special exhibition at the
Science Museum, “Codebreaker
Alan Turing’s life and legacy”. Would I
be sitting at my computer today without the ground-breaking work that he did?
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