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Dr Sue Black Senior Research AssociateSoftware Systems EngineeringUniversity College London

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Bletchley Park 17/5/11

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It looks as if Bletchley Park is the single greatest achievement of Britain during 1939-45, perhaps during the (20th) century as a whole

George Steiner, American author expert on the impact of the Holocaust

Ultra shortened the war "by not less than two years and probably by four years"; moreover, in the absence of Ultra, it is uncertain how the war would have ended

Sir Harry Hinsley, official historian of British Intelligence in World War Two.

Bletchley Park is a national treasure: the home of the best-kept secret in history, where a group of peculiarly brilliant people made a huge contribution to winning the war

Ben Macintyre, British author, historian and journalist

The work here at Bletchley Park was no optional extra; no engaging very British sideshow; it was utterly fundamental to the survival of Britain and to the triumph of the West and I’m not actually sure that I can think of very many other places where I could say something as unequivocal as that.  This is sacred ground.  If this isn’t worth preserving, what is?

Professor Richard Holmes, Military Historian

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@documentally@sizemore@jemimah_knight

#bpark You might want to sign the Save Bletchley Park petition. Read @Dr_Black 's reasons why on http://is.gd/ikEh - BP won us the war! 2:11 AM Feb 4th from web

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Bletchley Park's codebreakers get glimpse of lottery fundingThe wartime site near Milton Keynes will receive £500,000 to help seek a £4.1m

grant - but campaigners say more is needed

Charles Arthur and agencies guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 September 2009 12.28 BST

Supporters of Bletchley Park, home to crucial code-breaking work during the Second World War and birthplace of the computer, expressed delight today after outline proposals to overhaul the site were given

approval by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Bletchley Park Trust has been awarded development funding to help prepare an application for a £4.1 million grant towards a £10 million restoration project including repairing key buildings, improving visitor facilities

and expanding educational programmes.

However Sue Black, a campaigner who has sought to gain heritage status – and funding – for the site, said that the award was "the end of the beginning for Save Bletchley Park, not the beginning of the end".

On the social networking site Twitter, she pointed out that the site "needs £10 million plus £250k per annum operational funding for five years. HLF [Heritage Lottery Fund] funding gives £500k plus hopefully £4m to

come..."

@jasongorman

@garethhalfacree

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@msasti

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What *you* can do........1.Talk to people about Bletchley Park and encourage them to visit (only £12 for an annual pass)

2.If you are asked to give a talk somewhere, ask for a donation to Bletchley Park or TNMOC or both

•Organise a conference, meeting, day out, garden party, birthday treat at Bletchley Park

•Follow @bletchleypark and @Dr_Black on Twitter, search term #bpark

•What are you good at that could bring attention or funds to Bletchley Park?

•Let’s Build a Bletchley Park for the future that we can all be proud of

http://www.justgiving.com/Mr-Tony-Sale

Thanks for listening, any questions?

@Dr_Black

www.sueblack.co.uk

savingbletchleypark.org

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