E13 - Spy Kids, Veterans, Letters & Lakes

Bletchley Park

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4.8 • 177 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2013

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

August 2013

It’s all about the past & the future this month.

Former Bletchley Park Code Breaker & Director of GCHQ, Sir Arthur Bonsall, tells us why there was a stone for Winston Churchill to stand on when he visited in 1941.

We talk to science & technology presenter Maggie Philbin about Bletchley Park, her mother’s wartime work & the legacy that war brings to modern tech.

Kerry Howard tells us about her research into code breaker Margaret Rock for her new book Dear Codebreaker & the freedom of modern publishing.

Also we give you some ideas of how to entertain your own Spy Kids during the summer holidays with the new workshops available at our Family Fun Wednesdays.

For more information about Kerry’s book go to

http://www.dearcodebreaker.com or http://www.bletchleyparkresearch.co.uk

#BPark, #Enigma, #CaptainRidley

Transcript

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The From the home of the co-breakers and the birthplace of modern computing, this is the Bletchley Park podcast.
0:37.3	Welcome to the August edition of the Bletchley Park podcast.
0:40.8	This month we go back to wartime Bletchley when Winston Churchill visited the co-breakers.
0:45.7	Sir Arthur Bonsel gives us a glimpse of what it was like.
0:48.8	We'll hear from Bletchley Park podcast roving reporter Kerry Howard
0:52.3	and science and technology presenter Maggie Philbin
0:55.3	chatting during a visit to Bletchley. Maggie told me about what her mother did during the war.
1:00.6	That makes fascinating listening. But first, what are those dreaded words you hear so often at this time of year?
1:07.7	Hi, boys! Well, not for much longer.
1:11.7	All you have to do is bring your children along to a family fun Wednesday at Bletchley Park.
1:16.2	Every Wednesday throughout the summer holidays, we lay on workshops about spies and co-breaking, special trails and tours for children aged from five upwards.
1:24.8	This year we bring you two new workshops,
1:29.6	006 and a half for under sevens,
1:30.4	and Ultra,
1:33.2	where 11 to 14-year-olds can learn about the work of the government code and cipher school
1:34.9	during World War II.
1:44.0	We are going to think today about some of the skills that we might need to be a really good spy.
1:52.0	So what kind of things do you think you might need to be good at?
1:55.0	You're going to be a really good spy.
1:57.0	Yes.
1:58.0	Be good at hiding.
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