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