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The GPO and Bletchley Park
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This book explores the Park’s long association with the GPO.
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The GPO and Bletchley Park:
During wartime in Letchworth,
Margaret Davies worked on the CANTAB project to machine
vital components for the Turing Welchman Bombe. In London,
Tommy Flowers (MBE) of the General Post Office’s (GPO)
research group devised Colossus, the world’s first
programmable electronic computer, which broke the German
Lorenz codes. Guided by the GPO these technologies were
delivered to the codebreakers at Bletchley Park, ultimately
bringing an early end to the war. As a government department
it was not surprising that the GPO created an engineering
training centre at Bletchley Park after the codebreakers had
moved out. This photobook delves into the many GPO
connections with the Park, past and present, tracing the
remnants of the buildings and the rebuilds of the wartime
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Extended edition (extra pages).
A new printing contract allows this extended edition to be
retailed at just £18.99 inc. UK postage.
* Available now! * More copies will be printed in
the New Year.
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Code GPOBP2.
84 pages 210 x 210
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Introductory price £18.99 inc UK postage.
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Index of Chapters:
1. Teleprinters
and the Defence Teleprinter Network (DTN)
2. Where in the Park?
3. Post Office Accommodation
4. GPO Regional Training Centre
5. Pole
Field
6. GPO Machines
7. The WITCH and ERNIE
8. Turing Welchman Bombe
9. Contributing to CANTAB
10. End Notes
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