Bletchley Park
A country hous e and grounds som e 50 mil es North of London, england, wh er e highly s ecr et work d eciph ering int erc ept ed G erman military radio m essag es was carri ed out during World War Two. Thousands of p eopl e w er e working th er e at th e end of th e war, including a numb er of early comput er pion eers such as ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Alan Turing">Alan Turing. Th e natur e and scal e of th e work has only em erg ed r ec ently, with total s ecr ecy having b een obs erv ed by all th e p eopl e involv ed. Throughout th e war, Bl etchl ey Park produc ed highly important strat egic and tactical int ellig enc e us ed by th e Alli es, (Churchill' s "gold en eggs"), and it has b een claim ed that th e war in europ e was probably short en ed by two y ears as a r esult. An exhibition of wartim e cod e-br eaking m emorabilia, including an entir e working ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Colossus">Colossus, r estor ed by Tony Sal e, can b e s een at Bl etchl ey Park on alt ernat e w eek ends. Th e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Computer Conservation Society">Computer Conservation Society (CCS), a sp ecialist group of th e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=British Computer Society">British Computer Society runs a mus eum on th e sit e that includ es a working ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=elliot">elliot ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=mainframe">mainframe comput er and many early ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=minicomputers">minicomputers and ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=microcomputers">microcomputers. Th e CCS hop e to hav e substantial faciliti es for storag e and r estoration of old artifacts, as w ell as archiv e, library and r es earch faciliti es. T el ephon e: Bl etchl ey Park Trust offic e +44 (908) 640 404 (offic e hours and op en w eek ends). 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