UK computer history gets new home

Stroller wrote: Half the site's still a bunch of derelict concrete prefabs... :-) I think plans are afoot for the Park themselves to do something with C Block (the one by the new entrance that looks like "IIIE" from the air). The building's a mess, though - there's even a fairly substantial tree growing on the roof! D Block's leased by English Partnerships these days and they want to sub-let bits of it (either for museum-related activities, or for archival purposes - I've heard both). Needs a heck of a lot of work internally to get it up to scratch, though - but at least it's been re-roofed and stabilised now. G Block's fate is unknown - I think the property developers who are building the housing estate on the old ATC site might own that one. I don't think it's got listed status unfortunately... Some of the Huts have been restored, as has B Block, and of course we'll be taking over the whole of H. Hut 4 (beside the mansion) has just been restored and turned back into catering facilities. That still leaves various Huts around the site that need a lot of TLC, though. It was almost at Waltham Abbey for a while... some of the politics in the past at the Park have been horrible. The new guy in charge seems to have his head screwed on right, thankfully. I don't know, I think it's pretty common knowledge as to how he was treated post-war. I think I'd much rather he was remembered for all the great achievements, rather than for all the nasty stuff that went on later. What gets me a little is the comparative lack of recognition that all the others working on projects like Colossus have received; Turing still gets publicity (rightly so), but not much ever gets said about all the others who were contributing effort and ideas. Anyway, things went well today I think - everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves (and more importantly, there were no mishaps with any of the vintage hardware :-) cheers Jules