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The Bletchley Park Winter Lecture Series 2011- 2012 The Winter Lecture Series will be held on the second Thursday of each month from October 2011 through to April 2012, excluding December. All the lectures will be held in the Mansion, and whenever possible in the Ballroom. Lectures start at 7.30pm and the Mansion is open from 6.30pm. We will endeavour to have a selection of items from the Trust’s shop available in the Mansion before and after our lectures. The ticket price includes coffee & biscuits after the lecture. Admission charges are as follows: * single lecture £10.00 Friends and Freedom of Bletchley Park members receive a 50% discount. To book please contact Claire Urwin on 01908 640404 or info@bletchleypark.org.uk Advance booking is strongly advised. Frank Carter - 'Before Pyry' An account of some of the early work carried out on Enigma by GC & CS before the outbreak of war. 10th November 2011.Sebastian Cox – “The Battle of Britain: RAF and Luftwaffe Intelligence compared” Sebastian Cox returns to discuss this topic. 12th January 2012.Bob Horner - “KMS Scharnhorst: The battleship that never was” When war broke out in September 1939 the Kriegsmarine's largest and newest ship in service was SCHARNHORST. Bob tells the story of this ship from inception to her eventual destruction on Boxing Day 1943. 9th February 2012.Alan Judd - “The First C: Mansfield Cumming and the Founding of MI6”. The author of 'The Quest for 'C''recounts rthis fascinating character and his exploits. 8th March 2012. Peter Wescombe - "Intelligence in the Far East Campaigns". 12th April 2012. Dr Dennis Heslop - “The Safe and Timely Arrival of Convoy SC130. 15th - 24th May 1943.” This convoy signaled the turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic when organisation and technological developments confronted the U-boats with a Naval rout, that caused unsustainable losses in personnel. *******************
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