Speaker Pete GM4BYF was introduced by MoC Chair, Prof Tom Stevenson.
Wed 24th Sept – at Museum of Communication, Burntisland for MOC 2025 Exhibition – The Box that Changed the World – 100 Years of Television, and talk on Bletchley Park, Enigma, Y Stations – The Unsung Heroes/Heroines by Pete Bates GM4BYF. Synopsis:- One or two names are rightly well known for their parts in the system for gathering and decoding/decrypting radio messages and producing Ultra – the intelligence which made a major contribution to the Western Allies eventual success in WW2. But many others were heroes – some of whom gave their lives in the process. This presentation highlighted some lesser known aspects of what took place.
Grant GM0DQZ, John GM4JRT, Kay GM6KAY, Pete GM4BYF, Colin GM4HWO, Colin GM4EAU & James GM4WZP.
LRS pre-meeting Fish & Chips at the Sands Hotel.
Grant GM0DQZ in the MoC 2025 exhibition 100 Years of Television.
Early BBC-TV camera.
John GM4JRT with MoC guide David Stockton GM4ZNX (also an LRS member).
Colin GM4EAU & John GM4JRT with an MoC guide.
LRS member, Pete GM4BYF starting his lecture “Breaking Enigma, the unsung heroes / heroines.
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After his presentation, Pete was thanked for his most interesting talk by Prof Tom Stevenson.