The Information Technologists' Company

Save Bletchley Park

Help is being sought from Information Technology professionals, including members of the Information Technologists' Company, to help save Bletchley Park, which is in danger of closing. Bletchley Park houses much of the history of the computing industry and, indeed, was where Enigma, the German code, was cracked during the Second World War.

Between 1939 and 1945, the most advanced and creative forms of mathematical and technological knowledge were combined to master German communications.

British cryptanalysts, Alan Turing at the forefront, changed the course of the Second World War and created the foundation for the modern computer.

In 1991 the Bletchley Park, the wartime home of Allied code breaking, was saved from destruction by Tony Sale (a new Freeman of the IT Company) and some colleagues. They transformed it into a museum devoted to the recognition and reconstruction of this crucial aspect of world history, which had remained completely secret until the early 1970s.

We are asked to sign a petition to seek Government support for its continuation. This can be accessed at: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BletchleyPark