Summer 2013
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Churchill exhibition at Bletchley Park to be scrapped
The chief executive of a museum dedicated to the Second World War code-breakers has sparked anger after announcing plans to remove Winston Churchill memorabilia. Iain Standen said having a collection about the wartime prime minister was 'not synonymous' with Bletchley Park, and likened it to having 'Charles and Diana mugs in someone's house'. The trustees plan to take down the collection of pictures, posters, books, pamphlets and busts because they are not seen as relevant. Churchill once described the code-breakers who cracked the German's Enigma code as 'the geese that laid the golden eggs - but never cackled.' The Churchill exhibition will be replaced with stories of the people who worked at the intelligence-gathering station near Milton Keynes during the war. 'As a result we have reviewed the terms on which a number of such collections occupy space [? H\??[?]?H ?X?[? H ?] [? ?[?][?[?? H ?X?Y?X???][?? \?[?[? ?XX? ? ??[???? \??[8?&\? [?\??[?? ?\ ????]?^H\??[? H ?[ YH? ?Y?[ ?[?[Y?[??H \?[?????\? ?? ?\?H?X\? H ?][ ? H ?X??\??? H?\?][?? ???]?\?[?[?]?Y X[8?&\???X?[??? \??[Y[[?X?[XH?\??? [ \? ??K? ?[? ?? \?\?[?[?\?\?[??[?^?][?? [YH?? H?]?^H\?? ?\? ?] ?] ?X?]?[?Y[? ?\? ?H\?H?\??[? H [?\???[?? \?H ?[[?]?]X? H?H?[??K? ?\?X^H?? X\?H]?\?[?K?] H?]?^H\?? ?\?Y\?\?H?X\? ] ?] ?H\?H?[??] H[?Y[?\??X?\??\?H[?[\?[??? H??]\?H?] \?H? H\??? \?[?? H ?\??]?^H\???\?Y H??\??Y[? ?? ?X?]??H[??\\????? ?X??Z[?Y ?Y?[ ?[?[Y?[??H?H??XZ?[??Y? []?[[??\ Y[?[^H??[][?X?][??] ?\?[ ???YH ? H?????\?XX?[?K H?\?? ???[[XX?H[X? ??X???\ ]\??H?????\?[? H \?[????X?HXX?[?K[?[X? ??YX?[?X?[]?X?H\?Y?Y?H[??\?X][X]X?X[?[???\ ]\? ??Y[?\?[[? \?[?? ?\?H \?Y ???XZ???\??X]Y?H H?\?X[?[?Y?XH[??\ [?[?X?\ [?XX?[?K ?X?\?[ ???\?^H]?]?^H\??H[\?[??H? H??KX??XZ?[???\?][??]?]?^H\???[????H [?\?\?[X]Y ?^H ?? X?Y ?][[?[Y?[??H ] ^YYH Y?H \?[? ??[??[?? H ?\?[? H[Y\??&H?]??\???H NM
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