[SIGCIS-Members] The Bletchley Park Dispute - Page Links

Marie Hicks mhicks1 at iit.edu
Sun Feb 2 12:41:50 PST 2014


Thanks, Brian--it's interesting to know this background. I was caught in
the crossfire of this dispute as a visitor to the site a few years ago.
Before I got there, I was told that I could visit TNMOC without paying a
separate entrance fee. But when I arrived, there was no way to get to TNMOC
unless you knew exactly where you were going without a map (in other words,
you'd need to have been there before), and you were willing to sneak over
to block H and not even pause to look at the rest of the Park architecture
on your way in or out. Not a good situation for visitors.

That said, I loved the Colossus rebuild (and the Bombe rebuild), and
generally thought the tour guides were great and very knowledgeable. I took
a video of the Colossus impressively chugging along as part of my narrative
of my visit: http://mariehicks.net/blog/?p=4
I hope that TNMOC and the BP Trust will come back to the negotiating table
after this recent spate of bad publicity.

Best,

Marie
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On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Brian Randell <brian.randell at newcastle.ac.uk
> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I've had several requests for detailed page links related to the very
> unfortunate dispute at Bletchley Park, a subject which has given rise to a
> large amount of traffic on the Web and in social media since the BBC News
> broadcasts of 24 Jan. Here, for those wishing to gain a better
> understanding of this dispute, is my attempt to identify and provide links
> to the most significant web pages that have been produced as a result of
> the BBC News broadcasts, as of 1 Feb 2014. (In many cases the pages I've
> identified have already had an extensive set comments added to them.)
>
> I have no plans to take on a role of unofficial chronicler of this
> dispute, which I fear is going to run and run unless the senior staff at
> the Bletchley Park Trust can be persuaded to reverse some of their recent
> policy decisions promptly, but would nevertheless appreciate being informed
> of any other/further really significant web pages related to the dispute.
>
> Meanwhile I note a very significant spike in the rate of contributions to
> The National Museum of Computing, so have included a link to their
> donations page.
>
> Cheers
>
> Brian Randell
>
> ------
>
> THE BBC NEWS ITEMS OF 24 JAN 2014
>
> BBC TV News - a 2.4 min video clip
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25916048
>
> BBC Radio 4 - a 5 min audio clip
> http://www.vmars.org.uk/sitedata/files/BBC_Bletchley.mp3
>
>
> OFFICIAL STATEMENTS FROM THE BLETCHLEY PARK TRUST
>
> Progress in Perspective
>
> http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/v.rhtm/Progress_in_Perspective-755840.html
>
> Crossed Wires at Bletchley Park
>
> http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/v.rhtm/Crossed_Wires_at_Bletchley_Park-755638.html
>
>
> OFFICIAL STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTING
>
> Deciphering dissent at Bletchley Park
>
> http://www.tnmoc.org/news/news-releases/deciphering-discontent-statement-tnmoc-trustees
>
> The bigger picture: fragmenting a heritage site
>
> http://www.tnmoc.org/news/news-releases/bigger-picture-fragmenting-heritage-site
>
>
> THE BEST (IN MY OPINION) INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTS OF THE DISPUTE
>
> Disharmony at Bletchley Park
> http://freelance.halfacree.co.uk/2014/01/disharmony-at-bletchley-park/
>
> UK National Computer Museum Off-Limits At Bletchley Park
>
> http://i-programmer.info/news/82-heritage/6888-uk-national-computer-museum-off-limits-at-bletchley-park.html
>
>
> ACCOUNTS BY (ANONYMOUS) VOLUNTEERS
>
> The history behind the Bletchley Park dispute:
>
> https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z13wgplxnmfgdzibw04cdvehbvqqsrsztk40k
>
> Bletchley Park plan to "cull old and infirm"
>
> http://maturetimes.co.uk/leisure-and-lifestyle/readers-write/8079-bletchley-park-plan-to-%22cull-old-and-infirm%22.html
>
>
> THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTING
>
> Donations Page
> http://www.tnmoc.org/support/make-donation
>
>
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