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Bletchley Park - July 2014 |
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Roman London Visit - May 2014 |
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Visits & Guided
Tours
Programme 2014
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Our members have the opportunity to
attend very reasonably priced guided
tours. These optional events happen
three or four times a year and include
visits to exhibitions, galleries,
museums, stately homes, gardens,
cathedrals and other places of interest.
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Thursday 8th
May 2014 |
Roman London Brought Alive
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Leader: John Shepherd MIFA, FSA
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While initially Colchester was the capital of Roman Britain, London, a new town created by the Romans, was to become more significant in the life and administration of the province. Its forum and basilica complex was the largest north of the Alps and, in its heyday, Londinium was equipped with a fort, amphitheatre, large public baths, temples and substantial commercial facilities as befitted the largest town in Roman Britain. |
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In the troubled years of the early 5th century, Roman occupation came to an end. Much has been discovered by excavations over the last 50 years, and the story so far is beautifully told in the Museum of London, which is adjacent to and just outside the Roman Wall. |
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Wednesday 9th
July 2014 |
Bletchley Park
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The first operational break into Enigma came around the 23 January 1940, when the team unravelled the German Army administrative key that became known at Bletchley Park as ‘The Green’. Encouraged by this success, the Codebreakers managed to crack the ‘Red’ key used by the Luftwaffe liaison officers’ co-ordinating air support for army units. |
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In October 1941 after receiving a letter from some of the senior codebreakers decrying the lack of resources being afforded them, Prime Minister Winston Churchill directed: ‘Make sure they have all they want extreme priority and report to me that this has been done.’ From that moment on Bletchley Park began receiving a huge influx of resources and a major building programme ensued to create the space necessary to house the ever increasing workforce. |
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October 2014 |
Visit to the National
Gallery
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The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein
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An audio linked guided tour of
'Masterpieces of art through six
centuries' led by NADFAS
lecturer,Val Woodgate, who will
give an interesting
interpretation of the symbolism
of the paintings and will
explain some techniques used
such as the anamorphic skull in
the foreground of Hans Holbein’s
painting entitled “The
Ambassadors”
- see photos of visit below |
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Past Woking DFAS visit
- to National Gallery |
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Val Woodgate giving us
an audio linked guided tour |
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