Re: Visit to the "new" Bletchley Park - ( a moan... )

So the amount (quality and quantity) of things to be seen has been reduced and the entry price hiked from (was it) £5 to £10.  This doesn't look like a good business model and I'm surprised that visitors are still arriving - but for how long?

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Martin Postranecky 
  To: BLETCHLEYPARK-0lvw86wZMd/[email protected] 
  Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 5:32 PM
  Subject: [BPARK] Visit to the "new" Bletchley Park - ( a moan... )


  Last Wednesday ( 20/07/05 ) I had a chance, as a guest, to join a 'tour'
  of Bletchley Park, organised by a local club. I am sorry to say that,
  compared to my last visit there about a year ago, this trip was a big
  disappointment. Not only are the D Block and H Block not accessible to
  the public, but the only 'official' BPT displays related to WW2
  codebreaking are the "WW2 Exhibition Centre" in one room of Block B, plus
  the 'Bombe Rebuild' room on the ground floor. The Mansion was being used
  for a 'corporate event', which made the Ballroom and the Library
  inaccessible. Huts 1,3,6 and 8 locked. There are some other collections,
  usually only open at the weekends, but not directly relevant to the
  codebreaking history. But the numerous and varied displays of actual
  hardware, which used to be in the H-Block, are now gone.

  I was very lucky to manage to sneak away to try and see the Colossus MkII
  Rebuild, and even more privileged to find Mr. Tony Sale there to let me
  in.

  But on the whole the 'atmosphere' of the place has changed, and I went
  away feeling strangely depressed about it all.

  I would just like to recommend (again) to everybody on this list to follow
  the  http://www.bletchleyparkheritage.org.uk  website of Tony Sale, and we
  should all be prepared to help him in any way to try and preserve the
  Colossus Rebuild project in its rightful place !

  Martin

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