{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"E195 - Bed and Board","description":"September 2026\n\nMost of the wartime staff at Bletchley Park were serving away from their homes and loved ones. But almost nobody actually lived on site. So where were they housed, and how were they fed? Billets - assigned living quarters - had to be found in the local area. These could vary enormously in quality, and the many different reminiscences of Bletchley Park's Veterans reflect this.\n\nIn this episode, Erica Munro, Head of Content at Bletchley Park Trust and Research Officer, Dr Thomas Cheetham, get to grips with the pressures involved in finding bed and board for thousands of staff, during a time of national strife. We also hear from more than a dozen Veterans who shared their experiences and memories as part of Bletchley Park Trust's oral history project.\n\nGrateful thanks to the Veterans whose voices appear in this episode:\n\nMiss Joan Ireland\nMrs Joan Joslin\nMrs Marjorie Campbell\nMrs Rozanne Colchester\nMrs Mary Kenyon\nMiss Phyllis Keates\nMr Arthur Maddocks\nMrs Jean Evans\nMrs Sylvia Johnson\nMrs Gabrielle Kingaby\nMiss Sheila Willson\nMrs Betty Balfour\nMrs Brenda Abrahams\nMrs Gwendoline Herbert\n\nImage: Three women inside Hut 147, Church Green camp: L-R Audrey Wilkinson, Paddy Payne and ‘Flynn’. ©Bletchley Park Trust 2026\n\n#BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #Enigma, #Codebreaker,","author_name":"Bletchley Park","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/451365-bletchley-park","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43849550/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}