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for History Hit TV now once a week I like to delve into the History Hit

Archives and pull out an episode that I think deserves that little bit more

attention and this one is on Bletchley Park.

It really is the gift that keeps on giving in terms of history because we're learning so much still

since those first reports came out during the 1970s. It wasn't until 1974 I think that the first

memoirs were allowed to be published. Well in this episode Dan has one of those people that worked at Bletchley. This is Betty Webb, the ever brilliant

Betty Webb, who was heavily involved in the work going on there. Now she wasn't part of the

co-breaking team, but you'll learn what she did do.

Her work was invaluable to the success there at Bletchley Park and Dan talks to

her about her life and her wartime experiences. So here is Dan Snow and Betty Webb on life at Bletchley Park.

Enjoy. My name is Charlotte Elizabeth, but most people call me Betty, this is all very confusing.

And you want to know when I joined up.

Well, now let's talk about your childhood, because it's quite a long time ago now, and it's a bit different

to how children might be brought up these days.

Oh, absolutely.

I was brought up in the country.

I'm a Salopian, actually, and we lived in Richards Castle, which is on the borders of

Herefordshire and Shropshire. In the days when one didn't have telephones, And I never went to school. My mother taught me all I know. And apart from a few

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