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Thursday, November 15, 2018

ALAN TURING'S TYPEWRITER AT BLETCHLEY PARK

Alan Turing's flat at Bletchley Park when he worked there
Here it is, Alan Turing's typewriter still to be seen at Hut 8 Bletchley Park


I've recently met a group of women who worked at Bletchley Park, the central site for British cryptanalysts during World War II.  Did you know that 75% of the workforce were women? While women were overwhelmingly under-represented in high-level work, such as cryptanalysis, they were employed in large numbers in important auxiliary work, such as: operating cryptographic machinery and communications machinery; translating of Axis clerical duties and many more besides. I'm collecting my interviews for an upcoming feature. Watch this space.

Bletchley Park original building

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