Bletchley Park Sells its Broken Roof Slates to Raise Funds

On 28 May Bletchley Park Trust reported the desperate state of some of its historically remarkable buildings, including some of the symbolic Codebreaking Huts.  The iconic Victorian Mansion requires in the region of £1,000,000 for repairs to the roof, but whilst the Trust works tirelessly to raise funds to pay for this, some interim patching up is being done, simply to stop the rain from pouring in.  Now some of the Bletchley Park Volunteers have come up with a fund raising plan; to sell the pieces of slate that are being replaced to souvenir-hunters as a genuinely unique piece of history.

So if you would like to be the proud owner of a piece of Bletchley Park and help raise valuable funds to preserve it, please contact the Bletchley Park Shop click on this link 

http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/shop/view_product.rhtm/130858/524668/detail.htmlfor a £5 small piece of slate and this link 

http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/shop/view_product.rhtm/130858/524672/detail.html for a £10 larger piece.  Each purchase includes a certificate of authenticity.

 

To make on online donation to Bletchley Park Trust, please go to http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/shop/changeDonate.rhtm/-1

Petition lobbying the Prime Minister to act to help preserve Bletchley Park please go to http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/

 ENDS –

Media Contacts;-
• Kelsey Griffin, Events and Publicity Manager, Bletchley Park Trust, 01908 640404,  kgriffin@bletchleypark.org.uk 
• Caroline Murdoch, Redworks PR, 01869 810 443, caroline@redworks.co.uk.

Additional Editor’s Information
• Cost of the Annual Season Ticket for Bletchley Park is: adults: £10, concessions: £8 (Over 60s and students with valid ID card) and £6 (children aged 12 to 16), children under 12 admitted free of charge.  Family Ticket: £22.50 (two adults and two children aged 12 to 16).  Tickets include a guided tour (subject to availability) and/or the use of an audio tour.  Onsite parking is £3 per car.

• Bletchley Park is open during 2008 every day except Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day:

• Opening Times
1st November to 31st March
Weekdays, Weekends & Bank Holidays 10.30am - 4.00pm
1st April to 31st October
Weekdays 9.30am - 5.00pm
Weekends & Bank Holidays; 10.30am - 5.00pm
Contact; Bletchley Park Trust, The Mansion, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6EB, telephone – 01908 640404, email info@bletchleypark.org.uk, website www.bletchleypark.org.uk