Neighbours give Bletchley a cash lifeline

Saturday, 14 March 2009

Neighbours give Bletchley a cash lifeline
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Site of Allied wartime code-breaking operations receives £600,000 boost

By Amol Rajan

Bletchley Park, site of the code-breaking efforts of Allied Forces in the 
Second World War, has been granted a funding lifeline after residents in 
Milton Keynes answered a challenge from English Heritage.

The Buckinghamshire mansion, which some historians credit as being the 
birthplace of the modern computer, needed extra cash for the "essential 
backlog of maintenance and urgent repairs".

In November last year English Heritage awarded the centre £300,000 for 
repairs to its roof and demanded a similar expression of commitment from 
other organisations.

Simon Thurley, the chief executive of English Heritage, said: "When we 
announced our initial £300,000 grant last year for urgent roof repairs to 
the Grade II-listed mansion, I laid down the gauntlet by pledging another 
£100,000 each year over three years if matching funding could be 
found.../snip/


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/neighbours-give-bletchley-a-cash-lifeline-1644895.html

http://www.savingbletchleypark.org