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The From the home of the co-breakers and the birthplace of modern computing, this is the Bletchley Park podcast.

Welcome to the June edition of the Bletchley Park podcast.

We'll hear from a woman who worked in the Secret Intelligence Service during World War II and took the time to tell me about it when she paid a visit to Bletchley Park to fill in the gaps.

We'll take you back in time at the 40s family festival getting into the spirit of the

decade, with everything from authentic weaponry to undergarments, and we'll meet the fascinating

people involved in the British Resistance Archive. But first, we braved the elements to bring

you bang up to date on the restoration of Bletchley Park.

The 7.4 million-pound Heritage Lottery-funded Restoration of Bletchley Park is now well underway.

So we thought we'd take a walk in the rain with site manager Rob Davis from FWA.

Now what does FWA stand for, Rob?

Fairhair Sport Abbots. Yeah, we're a specialist in conservation and restoration. And so you've been into all the buildings and made a really good start. Let's find out what's been going on.

So outside, it's six and three, which still look a bit tired, but look like there's some TLC going on so you're in there and what have you found?

Just in the process of trying to make the building safe now

I mean I think we've got it just in the nick of time

I think the elements have been getting into some of these buildings

for quite some time and the roof was starting to decay

the plasterboard's starting to fall in

so in some instances it'll just be to repair

and restore just to save the buildings in some places.

And in others, we're going to be taking off all the existing cement cladding and putting them new.

The sole plates are all rotten in places.

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