E155 - Veterans’ Reunion 2023

Bletchley Park

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4.8 • 177 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

September 2023

The annual Bletchley Park Veterans’ Reunion is one of the highlights of our year. A chance to welcome back those who worked for Bletchley Park during World War Two, and thank them for their service. This year’s reunion saw 17 Veterans return to enjoy a very special afternoon tea in the Mansion.

In this episode, we bring you highlights from the day as we caught up with Jean Cheshire, who lived at Bletchley Park with her parents and siblings during the war, as well as Veterans:

Carol Broughton
Alice Wolynskyj
Ruth Bourne
Charlotte ‘Betty’ Webb

2023 marks 10 years of the online Bletchley Park Roll of Honour, and we also bring you a short interview with our Oral history Officer, Jonathan Byrne about its ongoing significance.

You can also enjoy an interview with Sue Litchfield, Database & Membership Manager, who has been involved with reunions since 2005, and Iain Standen, CEO of Bletchley Park Trust, who talks about why these events are so special.

Image: ©Will Amlot for the Bletchley Park Trust 2023

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The From the home of the codebreakers and the birthplace of modern computing, this is the Bletchley Park podcast.
0:40.6	Welcome to the September 2023 episode of the
0:42.5	Bletchley Park podcast
0:43.8	Veterans Reunion
0:45.6	2023
0:47.0	It's Mark the podcast producer here
0:50.5	and I'm welcoming you to a
0:52.8	gloriously sunny day here at Bletchley Park.
0:56.0	I think the weather has come out to pay tribute to our veterans who are with us today.
1:01.0	Now as anyone who's listened to one of our veterans' reunion episodes before we'll know,
1:06.0	each year on the closest Sunday to when the staff first started arriving en masse in 1939
1:13.6	we hold a veterans reunion for anyone who served at Blecksky Park and the Outstations. That's lovely. That's lovely. Right, I think we're ready.
1:47.0	Hooray!
1:48.0	Alright, you got it. I've got you. I've got you.
1:53.0	Right, can everyone see me? Yes, they can.
1:55.0	One, look at those smiles. Hang on, let's have a quick look.
1:59.0	Ooh, it's rather good. Let's do one more.
2:01.6	Lovely.
2:02.6	And one more please.
2:04.6	Very nice.
2:05.6	And then last one.
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