Telecoms at Bletchley Park
	Bletchley Park has many connections with telecommunications that have set the standards for the way we communicate today. These pages will look at just some of the Government and Post Office history associated with the Park.  Pictured here are... On the left, the Ice-House On the right, the Clock Tower. In the centre, a  steel telegraph pole with the dropwire just visible. The site is steeped in Telecoms history, both old and new.
| Exit to Mansion | Post Office Regional Training Centres | Hollow Poles | Kent's Hill Park |

In search of Strowger...

During the war years, Post Office type relay sets were used in the construction of the Colossus machines and the Tunny & Fish machines also used type 1 uniselectors. All of the racking would have been Battleship Grey as Light Straw telecom racks did not appear until the 1960s.

Post Office Engineers always had a close working relationship with activities at the Park, whether it was maintaining teleprinters or simply clearing line faults.

Post Office Regional Training Centre

	After the war, Bletchley Park was used as a Regional Training Centre for all departments of the Post Office, especially telecoms engineers who learnt about Strowger telephone equipment and line plant. The Park is steeped in Post Office history which needs to be unravelled from the code-breaking focus.

Hollow Poles

	Hollow, galvanised steel, telegraph poles were first tested during the mid-Seventies to be used in restricted access sites where climbing a pole might be dangerous, e.g. close to spiked railings.

Kent's Hill Park

	The Clock Tower Reception of BT's Kent's Hill Park which took over management training from Bletchley Park.

The GPO Traffic Office

	If you were part of the GPO TOo, then pop along to the GPO Traffic Office, sign up and have a chat, perhaps meet up with old friends and share some of those not so distant memories about your day to day routines...

Exit to Mansion

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