Showing posts with label Bletchley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bletchley. Show all posts

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Bletchley Park - 1940s Weekend

Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire was Britain's secret decryption establishment during World War Two. Ciphers and codes of several Axis countries were decrypted including, most importantly, those generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines.
Over the last 10 years since we first visited the site, BP has undergone great modernisation presenting now a very sophisticated audiovisual presentation and numerous high-standard reconstructed rooms in the House and Huts. I must say I preferred the decayed and altogether more atmospheric feeling of the site in 2011 (one image here but see https://pin-sharp.blogspot.com/2011/08/bletchley-park.html).
This weekend was 1940s theme - people, vehicles to follow.

One of the great losses is the split with the National Museum of Computing, now completely separate.  The National Museum of Computing, located on Bletchley Park, is an independent charity housing the world's largest collection of functional historic computers, including the rebuilt Colossus, the world’s first electronic computer.We decided that this would warrant a whole day's visit so will return and do just that site. 

Saturday, May 26, 2012

40s Weekend at Bletchley Park


 Lots of people dressed up in period costumes to photograph at Bletchley Park today. The light was very bright and contrasty so I found the images work best with low contrast and saturation. Even Sadie got into the spirit.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Bletchley Park


It is probably 2 years since our last visit to Bletchley Park and, as expected, the huts are deteriorating quite fast. The wooden huts above are part of the museum displays but the brick buildings are at the moment leased by a commercial company and are obviously not maintained. Great excuse for a bit of infrared photography. I have a new Gallery on my Website if you want to see more images.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

More from Bletchley



Two images of the old huts - it will be a great shame if it all gets tidied up when the site is developed further. However, Health and Safety will probably prevail as there is a high asbestos content in the materials used in the hut construction.



Signs of bewilderment and then the need for a prayer seemed to sum up the early attempts at code breaking.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Bletchley Park Visit



A guided tour round Bletchley Park was very enjoyable thanks to our informative and amusing Guide. I got very interested in the doorways and staircases on the huts. Here are a couple of the wrought iron staircases.

Ann Miles Photography - My Favourite Images of the Past10 years or so