Hi, Thought this may be of interest to the Backstage community :-)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Conrad Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2008/6/24 Subject: [KIDMM] Petition to save Bletchley Park To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, It's come to my attention that there is currently an e-petition to the Prime Minister, asking for action to secure the future of Bletchley Park, the former Government Code and Cypher School where the Enigma code was broken during WWII. As you may know, the British Computer Society has helped with funding for the projects that have led to the reconstruction of the Bombe and Colossus code-breaking machines which are now on display there. Can I urge you to add your names to the petition, and let other people know about it? The other way to show support for Bletchley is to visit it: I'm hoping to make a couple of visits this summer. The supporting text for the petition reads (and the grammar is the petition author's, not mine): As has been reported elsewhere, Bletchley Park "have two to three more years of survival". The Bletchley Park Trust receives no external funding. It has been deemed ineligible for funding by the National Lottery, and turned down by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Please do not allow this crucial piece of both British and World culture to disappear. If ever an example were needed of Britain leading the world, this surely would be it. To allow it to fall into the hands of developers would be simply unconscionable. Sign up here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/ Conrad - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
