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members of Captain Ridley’s Shooting Party, was production secretary in a

performance of French Without Tears.

Bletchley Park is a great place to visit. You can see an Enigma machine in the
bike shed where Alan Turing, one of the top codebreakers, used to work (it was
quieter than his office). Something of an eccentric, he cycled around the countryside
in his gas mask to fend off hayfever, and he kept a mug, still there today, chained to
his radiator so nobody would steal it, leaving him short of a cup for tea. There are
often veterans from the war visiting the park.

Behind the scenes, Gillian is starting to make paper files from the archives
available digitally to the public. As she sorts through cupboards and drawers full of

intelligence, who knows what ‘top secret’ information she will find and bring out
into the light.