D26026. A George VI pillarbox at Bletchley Park.
D26026. A George VI pillar box at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, around 50 miles north of London.
Once a home to the landed gentry, it was taken over in World War II and became the top secret location of the crack team of code-breakers that were able to de-code and read the German, Italian and Japanese military messages.
Its most famous code-breaker was Alan Turin who was able to de-code messages scrambled by the German Enigma machines. He also developed a machine called ‘the bombe’ which cut down the time needed to crack the coded messages.
No longer top secret, Bletchley Park, code named ‘Station X’ during the war, is now open to the public and people can see and learn about the vital work carried out there which hastened the Allied victory and is said the have shortened the war by at least two years.
George VI was the king during the war years so a pillar box with the Royal Cypher ‘GviR’ is most appropriate at Bletchley Park.
A visit is highly recommended and more details can be found here:
Monday, 17th October, 2022. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2022.
D26026. A George VI pillarbox at Bletchley Park.
D26026. A George VI pillar box at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, around 50 miles north of London.
Once a home to the landed gentry, it was taken over in World War II and became the top secret location of the crack team of code-breakers that were able to de-code and read the German, Italian and Japanese military messages.
Its most famous code-breaker was Alan Turin who was able to de-code messages scrambled by the German Enigma machines. He also developed a machine called ‘the bombe’ which cut down the time needed to crack the coded messages.
No longer top secret, Bletchley Park, code named ‘Station X’ during the war, is now open to the public and people can see and learn about the vital work carried out there which hastened the Allied victory and is said the have shortened the war by at least two years.
George VI was the king during the war years so a pillar box with the Royal Cypher ‘GviR’ is most appropriate at Bletchley Park.
A visit is highly recommended and more details can be found here:
Monday, 17th October, 2022. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2022.