8 years ago today was the 70th anniversary Enigma reunion at Bletchley Park.
The the wonderful Maggie Philbin and many other awesome people Christian Payne, Kate Arkless Gray, Benjamin Ellis, Hannah Nicklin, Matt Rawlinson and Steve Lawson, came up to Bletchley Park with me to interview as many veterans as possible to capture their memories of their time working on cracking the codes during WW2.
Here with Maggie is the phenomenal codebreaker Captain Jerry Roberts RIP, wonderful man and great family friend.
We had an absolutely wonderful day with the hundreds of veterans that came along spending the whole day capturing as much as possible for posterity.
I had started a campaign to save Bletchley Park the previous year in July 2008 and met quite a few veterans, but this was the first time that I really got to meet hundreds of veterans and hear at first hand so many of their amazing stories.
Here are some photos from the day taken by Benjamin Ellis and Steve Lawson. There are many more, check out all the #bpark70 pics from the day on Flickr.
Here are a few of the interviews conducted that day in 2009.
I chatted to Hannah, giving an overview the day and speaking about the amazing discussions we had all had with the veterans.
Christian Payne interviewed many veterans on the day. Here are just some of his interviews. Enjoy đŸ™‚
Interview by Christian with Bletchley Park veteran Margaret Warner of the WAAF:
Christian interviews Bletchley Park veteran Kathleen Saunders
Christian interviews Bletchley Park veteran Captain Jerry Roberts
Christian interviews Bletchley Park radio security intercept officer Alan Gordon Jackson
For more stories about Bletchley Park and the campaign we ran to save it check out my book Saving Bletchley Park.
US Amazon link here: Saving Bletchley ParkÂ
Dr Sue Black 