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A few shots from my recent visit to Bletchley Park for a family day out.

Bletchley across the lake

Alan Turing

Alan Turing's teddy bear, Porgy.

The Bombe

The house and centre of operations

Colossus

Colossus

Colossus

Colossus

© Lionel Callow 2015

Bletchley Park

I paid a visit to see the Bletchley Park Codebreakers museum yesterday, these are a few shots from my brief visit.

The main house & what we instantly recognise as the image that represents the codebrakers of WW2 

There is a large amount of dilapidation of the out buildings at the moment but the good news is that there is a complete refurbishment now under way so this image will probably not be available by this time next year.

One of two gargoyles guarding the front door

This lantern ceiling is to be found in the centre of the main house. 

This is the slate sculpture of Alan Turing, the famous mathematician, one of the most important people who were responsible for solving the German encryption of their messages using the enigma machine. 

The bomb machine part of the system for cracking code quickly. 

The Enigma machine.

The next three items are part of the display in the main house. Commander Denniston head of Bletchley made a journey across Germany to Poland to obtain a forerunner of the Enigma machine along with it’s codes. This was an incredibly brave act and as you can see from his passport this journey took place a few weeks before Great Britain and Germany went to war. 

© Lionel Callow

Bletchley Park

I visited Bletchley Park today, home of the WW2 code breakers led by Alan Turing. Having visited before and seen the amount of work that the Bletchley Park Trust has already done I realise that there is a mass of work still left to do. So I decided to record as many of the buildings still left to be refurbished whilst I have the chance. So this blog is concentrating on the dilapidation & decay. We photographers find decay very attractive.

Bletchley Park House



Alan Turing's hut

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© Lionel Callow 2012

Bletchley Park Museum

I paid a visit to Bletchley Park Forties weekend. Weather today was very bright so taking photos meant we had harsh shadows and lots of contrast so I have chosen to finish all my shots in black & white which is in keeping with the theme of the day.

© Lionel Callow 2012