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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
I’ve always wanted to visit Bletchley Park since I first came across the Enigma machine and code breaking many many years ago. Cryptographic is a fascinating science in its own right and there are countless programmes and documentaries on the subject. However, I’m mostly fascinated by the cracking of the Enigma code and Alan Turing, who most people might have heard of. However, while Turing is generally credited with the cracking of Enigma, there are others, equally talented and gifted, who played a major part in its decoding during the Second World War.
Two such people were Bill Tutte and Tommy Flowers and their stories are equally as impressive as Turing’s.
Here’s a link to a preview documentary from BBC Two’s Time Watch programme – Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park’s Lost Heroes
Morse code Laser light show projected from the Royal Liver Building to commemorate the work of Alan Turing who was instrumental in cracking the Enigma code.
Bletchley Park, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, was the central site of the United Kingdom's Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), which during the Second World War regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz ciphers. The official historian of World War II British Intelligence has written that the "Ultra" intelligence produced at Bletchley shortened the war by two to four years, and that without it the outcome of the war would have been uncertain. The site is now an educational and historical attraction memorialising and celebrating those accomplishments.
Image just as taken...found this chess set on a coffee table in a dark room with a ray of light coming through the window... no post editing, no tripod...incredibly high ISO...
"Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine". Alan Turing
Movie: The Imitation Game
(I used a photo of a calculator keypad, taken today, to produce all the numbers shown. This was processed with one of my own textures from a photo of the sea as I wanted a dreamy effect.)
ODC "movie quote"
its world wide knowledge,these days,of just how turing was destroyed by the society he had help save but its no less shocking..
Alan Turing is often called the father of modern computing. He was a brilliant mathematician and logician. He developed the idea of the modern computer and artificial intelligence. During the Second World War he worked for the government breaking the enemies enigma codes and Churchill said he shortened the war by two years Many people are familiar with what happened to Alan Turing: the national hero and genius of the first order who was prosecuted in 1952 because of his homosexuality, following this conviction and punishment, he apparently killed himself two years later aged only 41. On 24 December 2013, Queen Elizabeth II signed a pardon for Turing's conviction for "gross indecency", with immediate effect.
"Those who can imagine anything can create the impossible"
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Castlefield, Manchester
Sunflower diary 2012
Citizen Science experiment in honour of Alan Turing for Manchester Science Festival 2012
Alan Turing, widely regarded as the father of modern computer science, lived in Hampton, in the London Borough of Richmond, for a while. Not far from where I live, actually, which is the reason for my interest.
A brilliant codebreaker as we all now know, Alan Turing studied mathematical logic at King’s College, Cambridge, becoming a Fellow at the age of 22. Seven years later, in 1939, he joined the UK’s Code and Cipher School at Bletchley Park, where he worked on breaking the German Enigma code.
After the war, he worked at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, where he designed the ACE general purpose electronic computer (a working model of which is to be found in the Science Museum, London). While at the NPL he lived nearby, here at Ivy House in Hampton High Street, which he shared with others.
In the Bletchley Park museum, there’s an outstanding life-size sculpture of Alan Turing, created from half a million pieces of slate by Stephen Kettle. It really is a remarkable work of art, and you can see it here.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
“Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.”
Alan Turing
"Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of, who do the things no one can imagine". Alan Turing. Artist - tankpetrol. Manchester Christmas markets, Exchange Square.
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Bletchley Park
An English country house and estate that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War.
The estate housed the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), which regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz cyphers.
The codebreakers at Bletchley Park included Alan Turing, who is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science.
After the war, the Government Code & Cypher School became the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).
GCHQ relocated from Bletchley Park in 1946, first to Eastcote in north west London, and then, in 1951, to Cheltenham.
After a period of post-war neglect, the estate now houses the Bletchley Park Museum.
Grade II Listed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
The Library
During WWII the library served as an office and meeting space for some of the first codebreakers before the famous "Huts" and "Blocks" were built.
Reconstructed as it was thought to have been during those years.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
This is a wider aspect of the house in which Alan Turing, generally regarded as the father of modern computer science, lived for two years in the 1940s. An unusual architectural style, it’s in Hampton, in the London Borough of Richmond.
A brilliant codebreaker, Alan Turing studied mathematical logic at King’s College, Cambridge, becoming a Fellow at the age of 22. He joined the UK’s Code and Cipher School at Bletchley Park in 1939, where he worked on breaking the German Navy Enigma code.
After the war, he worked at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, where he designed the ACE general purpose electronic computer (a working model of which is to be found in the Science Museum, London). While at the NPL he lived nearby, here at Ivy House in Hampton High Street. It’s a very fine late 17th century property, as you can see – but in those early post-war days it was a lodging house which he shared with others. Today it's a Grade II listed building. There’s a closer view here.
In the Bletchley Park museum, there’s an outstanding life-size sculpture of Alan Turing, created from half a million pieces of slate by Stephen Kettle. You can see it here.
Enigma cipher machine, Spanish Army museum.
The Enigma machines were a series of electro-mechanical rotor cipher machines developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic and military communication. Enigma was invented by the German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War Early models were used commercially from the early 1920s, and adopted by military and government services of several countries, most notably Nazi Germany before and during World War II.
(Wikipedia)
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Enigma era el nombre de una máquina que disponía de un mecanismo de cifrado rotatorio, que permitía usarla tanto para cifrar como para descifrar mensajes. Varios de sus modelos fueron muy utilizados en Europa desde inicios de los años 1920.
Su fama se debe a haber sido adoptada por las fuerzas militares de Alemania desde 1930. Su facilidad de manejo y supuesta inviolabilidad fueron las principales razones para su amplio uso. Su sistema de cifrado fue finalmente descubierto.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
Bletchley Park
An English country house and estate that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War.
The estate housed the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), which regularly penetrated the secret communications of the Axis Powers – most importantly the German Enigma and Lorenz cyphers.
The codebreakers at Bletchley Park included Alan Turing, who is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science.
After the war, the Government Code & Cypher School became the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).
GCHQ relocated from Bletchley Park in 1946, first to Eastcote in north west London, and then, in 1951, to Cheltenham.
After a period of post-war neglect, the estate now houses the Bletchley Park Museum.
Grade II Listed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
The Mansion
A large Victorian country house at the heart of the estate.
The mansion was constructed during the years following 1883 for the financier and politician Herbert Leon.
The mansion house is the main building in the Bletchley Park estate.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Walking around the numerous huts, each one has propaganda and warning posters dotted all over the walls. This was in a non-descript office and at first glance reading it, it seemed more like a statement than anything of significance or impact.
But look closely at the wallpaper… very witty and inventive!
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
The home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret intelligence which had a direct and profound influence on the outcome of the conflict.
The key codebreakers were Alan Turing (Mathematician), Dilly Knox (British cryptographer), John Tiltman (British officer), Max Newman (Mathematician), Bill Tutte (Mathematician). In all there over 10,000 people worked at Bletchley Park, Government Code and Cypher School.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
On the way back from the Leica Fellowship in Hinckley we decided to take a detour to revisit Bletchley Park (BP). The opening photograph showed you the mansion. This was used at the start of setting up GCCS but as soon as hostilities started the numbers of staff grew and more accommodation was required. So wooden huts were built and these show the interiors of one that contained Alan Turing's office.
The management of Bletchley used the huts as part of the security. They divided work between the huts so, although you would know your part of the de-cyphering operation, when you completed your bit it was passed to another hut and you knew nothing of what happened there.
This unique and fascinating museum tells the story of British intelligence gathering during World War II and is full of literally incredible stories of intellectual and organisational achievements that made a significant contribution to the Allies beating Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. It also set the foundations for modern intelligence operations and was the birthplace of electronic, programmable computers.
This is an incredibly complex story of human endurance, mathematical and crypto-analytical brilliance and organisational development that created a large, complex operation that only came into the public domain as the rules imposed by the Official Secrets Act were relaxed with the passage of time. Many employees went to their graves holding their secrets.
You will probably have heard of Alan Turing, a mathematical genius and a key player here but there were many other very gifted and determined people such as Bill Tutte, Gordon Welchman, John Tiltman, Dily Knox, Frank Birch, John Herivel, Alistair Denniston & Edward Travis. Tommy Flowers, Gordon Radley and their teams developed the world's first programmable electronic computer.
This story has been the subject of books and films some of which are more historically correct than others.
If you can, please visit the museum and look at the website:
The following books will give a good description of the whole of the operation:
Bletchley Park and D-Day by the Park’s historian David Keynon.
Michael Smith’s ‘Station X’.
Block B at Bletchley Park houses exhibitions and galleries relating to WWII and the life and works of Alan Turing.
A 1.5-ton, life-size statue of Turing, unveiled on 19 June 2007 at Bletchley Park. Built from approximately half a million pieces of Welsh slate, Sculpted by Stephen Kettle, commissioned by the late American billionaire Sidney Frank.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
Bletchley Park 1940s events, July and September 2019. Both excellent, combined and individually.
Many reenactors, people in 1940s attire, vintage stalls, singers, dancing, vehicles and of course the incredible historical story of Bletchley Park, home of the code breakers.
A place of intrigue, mind crunching information, a truly fascinating place to visit.
An artwork dedicated to Alan Turing, beneath Bishop's Bridge Road, Paddington. Turing is one of Paddington’s most famous sons. It celebrates his groundbreaking work on artificial intelligence. Its outer shell comprises aluminium panels, punctuated with holes. LED lights shine through the holes, forming the words to a poem by Nick Drake. A Turing-inspired algorithm shuffles through the poem, creating new interpretations of the verse.
22nd November 2020.
The home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret intelligence which had a direct and profound influence on the outcome of the conflict.
The key codebreakers were Alan Turing (Mathematician), Dilly Knox (British cryptographer), John Tiltman (British officer), Max Newman (Mathematician), Bill Tutte (Mathematician). In all there over 10,000 people worked at Bletchley Park, Government Code and Cypher School.
I wonder when will the Bank of England issue new banknotes in Charles III's image?
I can't explain it with any good reason, but I have a habit of always keeping some cash in U.S. Dollar (USD), British Pound (GBP) and Euro (EUR), in addition to my home currency of Canadian Dollar (CAD) of course. I went to get some Pound Sterling the other day as the British Pound is at a multi-decade low against the USD and CAD.
At the bank, the teller told me that the paper version of the British Pound will cease being legal tender as of 30th September 2022, so she wanted to give me only polymer banknotes so that my purchase would not become useless in less than a month. But when I saw that the old paper banknotes are in very fine (though not mint) conditions, I actually asked her to sell me £100 in the old paper notes for my collection. The rest of the purchase I did get the new polymer banknotes.
The soon-to-be-withdrawn £50 paper banknote features the entrepreneur Matthew Boulton and the engineer James Watt and an image of the Soho Manufactory in the background - a factory used mainly to build machinery. The design was taken from a drawing produced in 1781. The steam engine design at the front of the note was taken from the Whitbread Engine, built in 1785 by the Boulton & Watt company.
The new £50 polymer banknote features a portrait of Mr. Alan Turing, who conceived modern computing and played a crucial part in the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. Mr. Turing was gay and was convicted in 1952 of gross indecency for his relationship with a man. He committed suicide in 1954, aged only 41.
The Queen officially pronounced Mr. Turing pardoned in August 2014 after several years of petitioning by prominent figures in society.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
The home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret intelligence which had a direct and profound influence on the outcome of the conflict.
The key codebreakers were Alan Turing (Mathematician), Dilly Knox (British cryptographer), John Tiltman (British officer), Max Newman (Mathematician), Bill Tutte (Mathematician). In all there over 10,000 people worked at Bletchley Park, Government Code and Cypher School.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
Large Victorian mansion in England with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
The home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret intelligence which had a direct and profound influence on the outcome of the conflict.
The key codebreakers were Alan Turing (Mathematician), Dilly Knox (British cryptographer), John Tiltman (British officer), Max Newman (Mathematician), Bill Tutte (Mathematician). In all there over 10,000 people worked at Bletchley Park, Government Code and Cypher School.
this amazing building is the main one on the enigma busting Bletchley Park estate..fantastic place that oozes its hushed secrets..
Bletchley Park 1940s events, July and September 2019. Both excellent, combined and individually.
Many reenactors, people in 1940s attire, vintage stalls, singers, dancing, vehicles and of course the incredible historical story of Bletchley Park, home of the code breakers.
A place of intrigue, mind crunching information, a truly fascinating place to visit.