Queen to unveil Bletchley tribute

Post by defeated » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 1:35 PM UTC

jgrahamc wrote: post #10

defeated wrote: post #9

I just visited Bletchley Park last week. It was great to see, especially the Colossus MK2 reconstruction and the working rebuild of Turing's Bombe. The only thing that made me sad was the lack of discussion of the way the government treated Turing; it was glossed over on a sign next to the Turing statue, but other than that, not a word was said. Here's a sad little video I took on my phone of the Colossus MK2 rebuild…

This is being rectified. There is a new Turing exhibit being planned and the official apology from Gordon Brown has been delivered to Bletchley Park and the people running Bletchley Park fully understand what's needed. I have been working with them on wording for the part talking about the apology. I have posted a link to the actual apology document that will be displayed at Bletchley Park here: http://news.ycombinat…

Post by junkbit » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 2:20 PM UTC

acangiano wrote: post #6

Next year is the centenary of Alan Turing's birth. It would be extremely cool if they issued £100 bills with him on them for the occasion. Of course, this is not likely to ever happen.