E34 - Remembering VE Day & Beyond

Bletchley Park

History

4.8 • 177 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2015

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

May 2015

First this month we talk to our official photographer Shaun Armstrong who’s pictures help to tell the story of our new exhibition; Bletchley Park Rescued and Restored. Shaun was on hand to capture images from the start of the £8 million phase one restoration project, right through to the official opening in June 2014 by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge.

Sarah Harding, director of the 2nd series of The Bletchley Circle was one of last years speakers in our Bletchley Park Presents series of talks. After her sold-out talk Sarah and her sister Gillian sat down to tell us about more discoveries of their mum’s Bletchley Park past.

Over nearly 3 years of the podcast we have had the honour to interview around 40 of our amazing Veteran’s so far. These interviews, along with the Official Oral Archive, are building an invaluable resource of first-hand history, for not just the listeners of the podcast but for future generations to come. It is 70 years since Victory in Europe and to pay tribute to all the men and women who served we bring you the sounds of VE Day and from our own archive, the memories of our Veterans, not only remembering May 1945 but what they did next. For our Veterans their service didn’t end in 1945, as for 30 years and more in many cases, they kept the secret of their vital war work hidden from the world.

The Veteran’s featured, in order of appearance are:

Betty Flavell (WRNS 1944-1945) Joyce Bogoni (WAAF 1945-1947) Lady Marion Body (FO Civilian 1944-1945) Gwendoline Page (WRNS 1944-1945) Betty Webb (ATS 1941-1945) Elizabeth Marshall (WRNS 1944-1945) Dot Tuffin (WRNS 1943-1945) Jane Fawcett (FO Civilian 1940-1945) Marigold Freeman-Attwood (WRNS 1943-1945)

Many thanks to The Three Belles for the use of their music. For more information go to http://thethreebelles.com

#BPark, #Bletchleypark, #VEDay70, #Enigma, #WW2Veteran, #History

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.
0:43.3	Welcome to the May 2015 edition of the Bletchley Park podcast, Remembering VE Day. This month we bring you Bletchley Park veterans remembering how they felt as the war in Europe ended, how they celebrated and commemorated those who didn't come home and crucially what they did next.
0:55.0	We'll also bring you an exciting update from the director of the hit ITV drama The Bletchley Circle, Sarah Harding,
1:01.0	on her journey of discovery of her mother's memories of working at Bletchley Park.
1:06.0	And I'll tell you what's on the calendar over the next few weeks, including a fascinating talk on London's first air war and special activities for kids laid on this half-term.
1:17.3	But first you can now explore an exhibition taking you behind the scenes of the much-needed
1:22.0	eight million pound phase one restoration of Bletchley Park. We can take you even further
1:27.0	behind the scenes with the man
1:28.3	whose camera gave him unique access to every stage of this transformation. Bletchley Park's
1:33.7	official photographer, Sean Armstrong's images, tell the story of the project from buildings
1:38.9	that were ready to fall down through the intricate and extensive work they needed to become
1:43.6	part of this vibrant visitor
1:45.2	attraction. Podcast producer Mark Cotton sat down for a chat with Sean. For me, one of the best
1:52.2	features of the new Hutt 12 exhibition is the way the story of the renovation is told. That's told
1:58.7	really by the photographs that Sean Armstrong,
2:01.6	the official Bletchley Park photographer, took.
2:04.4	I guess this was quite a unique process, wasn't it, for you?
2:07.3	Yeah, it was, because normally the work I do with Bletchley has been
2:10.8	covering a specific event, a one-off visit, or something important,
2:15.7	or going around and taking my time to tell the story of
2:19.7	what Bletchley offers as a heritage attraction, whereas this was a constantly changing set of
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