A huge milestone in the first connection of East West Rail between Bicester and Bletchley is cause for celebration, says a councillor.

Source: https://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/23997863.bicester-rail-project-milestone-will-help-investment/?ref=rss

As the UK faces an unprecedented threat, a line can be traced back to the founder of computer science and his team’s scramble to intercept enemy ciphers in Hut 8 at Bletchley Park.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/12/how-alan-turing-still-casts-his-genius-in-the-age-of-cyberwar-18243539/

Bletchley Park employed dozens of Jewish service men and women during the Second World War, many with personal connections to the horrors unfolding in Europe, contributing significantly to the code-breaking efforts that aided the allied war effort.

Source: https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/jewish-community-in-milton-keynes-hosts-first-ever-public-menorah-lighting-at-bletchley-park-4441510

Bletchley police station, built next to the former fire station in Sherwood Drive, was once the hub of the community.

Source: https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/hundreds-of-new-flats-up-to-10-storeys-high-set-to-be-built-on-police-station-site-in-milton-keynes-4386515

It proved successful in transporting mail between those stations, so a second one was run between London and Bletchley by the end of that year.

Source: https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/23740038.history-look-back-postal-services-basingstoke/?ref=rss

MK Acapella – Milton Keynes’ very own male barbershop chorus are running another one of their popular FREE 6 week “Love to Sing” course starting on Monday 9th October from 7.30pm to 9pm at their rehearsal venue, the Water Eaton Church Centre, Bletchley.

Source: https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/arts-and-culture/milton-keynes-choir-aims-to-get-more-men-singing-4289046

The Enigma was the machine use to encrypt German ciphers during the war, and was eventually cracked by a team of code-breakers at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/shropshire/bridgnorth/2023/09/12/library-to-lift-the-lid-on-the-enigma-machine/

Upon joining the ATS – the women’s branch of the military at the time – Mrs Webb signed the Official Secrets Act, which prevented her from talking about her work at Bletchley Park until 1975.

Source: https://bromsgrovestandard.co.uk/news/wythall-veteran-betty-webb-off-to-the-coronation-44470/