Tommy Flowers (1905-1998) - Blue Plaque
Hi: English Heritage is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses. London’s blue plaques scheme, run by English Heritage, celebrates the links between notable figures of the past and the buildings in which they lived and worked. Founded in 1866, it has inspired many similar schemes in the UK and around the world. Last Wednesday, I attended a delightful ceremony at which a plaque was placed on the wall of the former Post Office Dollis Hill Research Station commemorating Tommy Flowers, the designer of the Colossus – see https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/tommy-flowers/ Cheers Brian Randell — School of Computing, Newcastle University, 1 Science Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = https://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/brianrandell.html
Wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing! _________________________ Brian A. Berg / bberg@StanfordAlumni.org Berg Software Design - LinkedIn Profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianaberg/> 180 Lithia Way, Suite 201, Ashland, OR 97520 USA 14500 Big Basin Way, Suite J, Saratoga, CA 95070 USA Voice: 408.741.5010 / Cell: 408.568.2505 Consulting: Flash Memory/USB/Storage/Patents FMS Technical Chair: www.FlashMemorySummit.com IEEE Milestone <http://www.siliconvalleymilestones.com/> Coordinator & Historian - Region 6 <http://www.ieee-region6.org/> IEEE History Committee <https://www.ieee.org/about/history-center/history-committee.html> Member Curator: www.SiliconValleyMilestones.com IEEE SCV Section <http://www.ieee.org/scv/> Past Chair / IEEE-CNSV <http://www.CaliforniaConsultants.org> Board Director IEEE Silicon Valley Tech History Committee <http://www.SiliconValleyHistory.com/> Vice-Chair On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 12:33 PM Brian Randell via Members < members@lists.sigcis.org> wrote:
Hi:
*English Heritage* is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses.
London’s blue plaques scheme, run by English Heritage, celebrates the links between notable figures of the past and the buildings in which they lived and worked. Founded in 1866, it has inspired many similar schemes in the UK and around the world.
Last Wednesday, I attended a delightful ceremony at which a plaque was placed on the wall of the former Post Office Dollis Hill Research Station commemorating Tommy Flowers, the designer of the Colossus – see
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/tommy-flowers/
Cheers
Brian Randell
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School of Computing, Newcastle University, 1 Science Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG
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Thanks for sending me a message. All emails will be answered by January 10th. I wish you a good start to the year. M. Am 10.09.2023 um 21:32 schrieb Brian Randell via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org>: Hi: English Heritage is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses. London’s blue plaques scheme, run by English Heritage, celebrates the links between notable figures of the past and the buildings in which they lived and worked. Founded in 1866, it has inspired many similar schemes in the UK and around the world. Last Wednesday, I attended a delightful ceremony at which a plaque was placed on the wall of the former Post Office Dollis Hill Research Station commemorating Tommy Flowers, the designer of the Colossus – see https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/tommy-flowers/ Cheers Brian Randell — School of Computing, Newcastle University, 1 Science Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = https://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/brianrandell.html _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
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