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Love Bletchley Park? support them- bid for unique items from @Sarahbeeny @manmademoon @shedworking for #shedweek

Bletchley Park hut6 door handle

As you know Bletchley Park is our charity for Shed week 2010 and the way I thought of helping them and the wonderful Huts ( Hut 6 was Hut of the year 2009) they are in a right state due to lack of funding but the Bletchley Park Trust are doing as much as possible… Continue reading Love Bletchley Park? support them- bid for unique items from @Sarahbeeny @manmademoon @shedworking for #shedweek

Sheddies how about an authentic Bletchley Park Hut 6 Door Handle to open your shed?

Look the doorhandle

As you know Bletchley Park is our charity for Shed Week 2010 and we will be running a charity auction (in the run up to Shed Week 5th July 2010) with all the funds going to Bletchley Park, we have items from Sarah Beeny, Duncan Jones (of Moon), shed judge Alex and the god father… Continue reading Sheddies how about an authentic Bletchley Park Hut 6 Door Handle to open your shed?

£250,000 Government Funding for Critical & Hut Repairs at Bletchley Park

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Some great news from Bletchley Park Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw will visit Bletchley Park on Thursday 25 March 2010 to announce the allocation of £250,000 DCMS funding for urgent repairs at the neglected WW2 Codebreaking Centre. The grant, which comes from the reallocation of under-spends elsewhere in the DCMS budget for 2009-2010, will allow the… Continue reading £250,000 Government Funding for Critical & Hut Repairs at Bletchley Park

Moon’s Duncan Jones does his bit for Bletchley Park and Shed Week: How about you?

I mentioned before that we would be getting some signed items to raise funds for Bletchley Park when I run an online auction on that ebay for Shed Week in July. Duncan Jones BAFTA award winning director and nice bloke has given us three signed copies of his wonderful film MOON to auction off for… Continue reading Moon’s Duncan Jones does his bit for Bletchley Park and Shed Week: How about you?

Bletchley Park Huts restoration project-managed by Prince of Wales Trust

Great news…missed this yesterday lets hope this helps get the Huts sorted! The restoration of Bletchley Park, the centre of Britain’s code-breaking activities in the Second World War, is to be project-managed by one of the Prince of Wales’s charities – the Prince’s Regeneration Trust, it was announced today. The work will include restoring some… Continue reading Bletchley Park Huts restoration project-managed by Prince of Wales Trust

Do something for Bletchley park and win unique shed items during Shed Week

As you know, Bletchley Park is the charity for Shed Week 2010. During World War II, Bletchley Park was the site of the United Kingdom’s main decryption establishment, the Government Code and Cypher School. Ciphers and codes of several Axis countries were decrypted there, most importantly ciphers generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines.… Continue reading Do something for Bletchley park and win unique shed items during Shed Week

The shocking state of HUT 6 at Bletchley Park – Please help

As you know Bletchley Park is the charity of Shed Week 2010. But seeing this recent photo of the fabled Hut 6 is shocking. [flickr]photo:4306623762[/flickr] We are hoping to have some fund raising ideas before and during shed Week, but in the meantime you can give some money via their site or sponsor Niki who… Continue reading The shocking state of HUT 6 at Bletchley Park – Please help

Did you watch Antiques Roadshow from Bletchley park?

The BBC Antiques Roadshow had it’s second outing yesterday to Bletchley park yesterday As you well know the Bletchley park is the charity for Shed Week 2010 and one of our shed judges Simon Greenish was on the show talking about the enigma machine – very interesting. I will catch up with the full show… Continue reading Did you watch Antiques Roadshow from Bletchley park?