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Saving Bletchley Park
Saving Bletchley Park: How #socialmedia saved the home of the WWII codebreakers | Stevyn Colgan, Sue Black
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Imagine a Britain where the most important sites of historical significance are replaced with housing estates and supermarkets... Imagine a Britain without Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing and a team of code breakers changed the course of World War II and where thousands of women inspired future generations with their work in the fields of computing and technology... Now imagine a group of extraordinary people, who seventy years after the birth of the modern computer at Bletchley Park used technology to spark a social media campaign that helped secure its future and transform it into the world-class heritage and education centre it deserves to be. This is a story about saving Bletchley Park. But it is also the story of the hundreds of people who dedicated twenty years of hard work and determination to the campaign that saved it. It is a testament to the remarkable and mysterious work during World War II that made it a place worth saving. It is a book about campaigners, veterans, enthusiasts, computer geeks, technology, Twitter, trees and Stephen Fry stuck in a lift. And finally, it is a story about preserving the past for the generations of tomorrow.
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It surprises me sometimes how few folks know about Bletchley Park, much less the impact it had not only on the Allies success in WWII but also that it's the birthplace of modern computer science. This book tells the story of how a chance visit to Bletchley by Dr. Sue Black, a computer scientist, where she saw the state of disrepair of what should've long ago been a British landmark, caused her to embark on a campaign to save it...using Twitter!

BarbaraTheBibliophage Oh, that's so great! Thanks for the heads up! 5y
mhillis This looks really interesting! 5y
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I went a bit historical. These women much like the women at NASA for the space program, were in the shadows, doing exceptional work and well, saving lives and making our 🌍 better. This is the story of helping save their stories and the place where it all happened. #heyjune

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SilversReviews LOVE this photo!! 6y
RJHowe The recent wellspring of the history of women or “herstory” is the most positive development in the field in a century. Love this stuff 6y
GypsyKat Sounds interesting! 6y
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