Notice of an exhibition at Beaumanor Hall, Woodhouse, Leicestershire.
10:00 am - 4:00 pm, 26 March - Friday 30 March 2007.
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From: john Alexander <[email protected]>
Date: 5 March 2007 12:58:23 GMT
Subject: Press release: Beaumanor Hall & "Codes!"
CODE & CYPHER SYSTEMS AT BEAUMANOR HALL - SITE OF SECRET WW2 LISTENING
STATION
CONTACT (1):
John Alexander
Home: 0116 2291080
Mobile: 07968 373881
[email protected]
CONTACT (2):
Ian Foulkes
Blandford Royal Signals Museum: 01258 482248
John Alexander (Bletchley Park �Enigma & Friends�) and Ian Foulkes
(Royal Signals Museum Blandford Forum) Announce �Codes!� at Beaumanor
Hall Woodhouse. A Five Day Exhibition of Radio Interception Equipment,
Codes and Cypher Systems and Machines AT ...
Beaumanor Hall, Woodhouse, Leicestershire. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, 26 March
- Friday 30 March 2007.
John Alexander is a Leicester-based collector of code and cypher
equipment. Ian Foulkes is an Assistant Curator of the Royal Signals
Museum at Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum, Dorset.
For five days only, the exhibition is open to the general public and at
no cost.
�Codes� � is intended to bring the history of Beaumanor, the �Y�
service, the Royal Signals Reg. and the Codebreakers of Bletchley Park
to a wider audience .. and with some rarely seen equipment on show.
With this compact exhibition space, the visitor can become acquainted
with WWII radio receivers as used at Beaumanor, with some British code
and cypher systems, the famous German Enigma machine and others-
British, American, European, Scandinavian and Russian.
Were banks of Radio Receivers based at Beaumanor (and elsewhere) during
WWII? Yes, and important they were too. Ian will bring some of these
�sets� along to see.
A tactical cypher machine used by the Americans during WWII and later?
The M209 - one of John�s will be available.
What was the British �Slidex�? Ian will describe the use of this British
battlefield cypher system from WWII and later.
Is Mrs Alexander jealous of "NOREEN'? Not really, NOREEN is really a
British cypher system originally used in some British embassies abroad.
A high level cypher machine used by the Russians during the Cold War?
One such system is the M125 �Fialka�, a �super-Enigma�. Come and see it
at Beaumanor.
MORE ...
This is a not-for-profit exhibition intended to take wartime radio
intercept matters, code and cypher systems out to a wider audience and
in the beautiful surroundings of Beaumanor Hall.
We do of course hope that visitors will want to learn more by visiting
Beaumanor Hall, Bletchley Park and The Royal Signals Museum at Blandford
Camp.
About: John Alexander: Former Police Officer, now involved in 'Technical
Surveillance Counter Measures' (TSCM).
About: Ian Foulkes: Former Sergeant of The Royal Signals, a highly
qualified Assistant at the Royal Signals Museum and collector of
military uniforms.
About: �Enigma & Friends�: A private collection based in Bletchley Park,
a collaborative exhibit combining privately collected equipment with
cypher systems once used within the British Foreign & Commonwealth
Office and around the world.
http://www.bletchleypark.org
About: Blandford Museum: This is the national museum of Army
communications and the exhibits and displays show the part that
communications have played in the many wars and campaigns of the last
150 years.
http://www.army.mod.uk/royalsignalsmuseum/
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