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Posted on March 15th, 2010
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Great news…missed this yesterday lets hope this helps get the Huts sorted!
The restoration of Bletchley Park, the centre of Britain’s code-breaking activities in the Second World War, is to be project-managed by one of the Prince of Wales’s charities – the Prince’s Regeneration Trust, it was announced today.
The work will include restoring some of the famous huts at the Buckinghamshire site, which was known as Station X in the 1939/45 conflict.
Now a tourist attraction which welcomed 100,000 visitors last year, Bletchley has been awarded £465,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
The regeneration project aims to enhance the visitor experience. The trust will be primarily responsible for appointing and supervising progress of the design team and other consultants to obtain the necessary listed building and planning consents and reports to submit the second round HLF application for £4.1 million.
The trust’s chief executive Ros Kerslake said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to be working on a site of such great importance to our country.
“Our aim is to substantially increase the number of visitors to Bletchley Park by making Bletchley attractive and relevant to visitors of all ages and backgrounds.
“This is a part of our 20th century history but we want it to be a top 21st century visitor destination.”
I have been approached by a media person who is looking for sheddies to maybe do a pilot of some kind.
photo credit: Nick Bramhall
Do you use your shed to escape from the madness of the world around us? Do you shut the shed door and start to unwind… with space to think.. potter… maybe write, paint or draw?
If so, would you be prepared to talk to someone who is doing a study on solitude?
If so please let me know as soon as, or post a comment
The Candle House development in Leed’s Granary Wharf development has the highest Sheds in Leeds maybe the UK.
Photo Copyright: KIPPA MATTHEWS via Guardian Leeds Flickr
With its elegant cylindrical shape, Candle House makes a bold statement on the Leeds skyline and re-establishes Granary Wharf as a landmark location. Attractive copper balconies and striking walls of glass on each level will provide unspoiled views of the canal side, the city skyline and the Yorkshire Dales beyond.
Featuring 160 apartments, it also has a unique, communal rooftop terrace for residents – which will be the highest such place in Leeds – and the ground floor also will feature facilities for boaters so that they can stop for a while on their journey through Granary Wharf; an attractive feature for residents and passers-by who just want to watch the world go by.
There was a great show on BBC Wales last night
Planet Wales Big in India about a fella from Bridgend called Jayce who plays an infections Metal with lots of rhythmic Drums and he records his stuff in a Garden shed with his great bunch of odd ball band mates.
The story of Jayce Lewis, unknown in his native Wales, but a pop star in India. Together with his band, made up of friends from his hometown of Bridgend, Jayce prepares for a tour taking in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. Jayce’s image abroad is in stark contrast to a troubled background back home. How will he and his friends cope with fame, life on tour and the adulation of thousands of Indian fans?
You can Watch again on BBC Iplayer and listen to Jayce’s great stuff on myspace.
Watching the show we take sprout down to Southerndown where a lot of the shots were filmed and a lot of my friends when to his old Welsh school in Llanharri (plus I lived there for 10 years, village not school grounds as a grounds keeper wilco ) not sure about Planet Wales, more like small world.
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