❤️ Yesterday, we welcomed 18 wonderful Veterans who worked at Bletchley Park during WW2 to return to the once top-secret site for the Annual Veterans’ Reunion.
Aged between 97 to (almost) 102, Veterans enjoyed an afternoon tea in the Mansion, spending time together, with family
Bletchley Park
10.5K posts
Bletchley Park
@bletchleypark
Once the top-secret Home of the Codebreakers.
📅 Open daily.
⬇️ Book tickets online!
- We’re delighted to see that the postbox just outside of Bletchley Park has been beautifully decorated by a talented 'yarn-bomber'! Thank you for your incredible work honoring service men and women ahead of Remembrance Day. We think this thoughtful tribute is truly inspiring ❤️
- Betty Webb MBE It is with great sadness that today, the Bletchley Park Trust has learnt that Charlotte (Betty) Webb MBE has passed away at the age of 101. Her contributions to Bletchley Park, during World War Two and to ensuring its legacy today, will never be forgotten.
- 85 years ago in January 1940, Bletchley Park Codebreakers were preparing to make their first wartime break of Enigma, using techniques handed to them by Polish codebreakers the previous year. Three Polish Mathematicians, Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy Rozycki, broke
- #ONTHISDAY, 23 JUNE 1912 🗓 Alan Turing was born. Today would have been his 108th birthday. Today we will be celebrating Turing's work and sharing insights from our archives.
- ** D-Day Live Twitter Takeover ** This Thursday #DDay75, we will be live tweeting a minute-by-minute account of decrypted German Naval Enigma messages intercepted on site during the 6 June 1944 operation…
- #ShowUsYourShelves Oh alright then... 📚
- HRH The Duchess of Cambridge met with next generation of budding codebreakers (aka visiting school children) taking part in our new interactive STEM learning activities #BletchleyPark#DDay75
- On this day 1940 🗓️ Alan Turing arrived in Paris with the second set of 'Zygalski sheets' produced at Bletchley Park. With these, the Polish Codebreakers were able to break the 'Green' Enigma key for 28th October 1939. This was the first break of wartime Enigma traffic. Turing
- “This is your finest hour.” As we mark 80 years since VE Day, we remember the remarkable people of Bletchley Park whose secret work helped secure victory. This message from MI6 chief Stewart Menzies, saved by WAAF Jean Hunter and decorated with stamps from her office, is a
- Another secret is out...If you search for ‘Bletchley Park’ in Google, it will first scramble the letters and then proceed to decode it.
- Today we remember the talented singer and actress, Olivia Newton-John, who has sadly passed away. We caught up with Olivia in 2019 to reminisce about her father, Brinley Newton-John, who was one of the WW2 Codebreakers. 📸 Courtesy of Olivia Newton-John for ULTRA issue 13.
- We have some more good news to share - Bletchley Park has received a generous donation of £1m from @facebook. This vital support will contribute to our ongoing work and help mitigate the financial impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the Trust.
