Thu 03 Jul
|Penzance
LISTENING TO THE ENEMY: WAR COMES TO A CORNISH VILLAGE
During WW2 and on into the Cold War years, an unprepossessing building on the outskirts of St Erth housed an important MI6/Bletchley Park outstation, which listened to the German Secret Service and many major military campaigns.
Time & Location
03 Jul 2025, 15:00 – 16:30
Penzance, Parade St, Penzance TR18 4BU, UK
About the event
LISTENING TO THE ENEMY: WAR COMES TO A CORNISH VILLAGE, WITH MICHAEL GRIFFITHS
During WW2 and on into the Cold War years, an unprepossessing building on the outskirts of St Erth housed an important MI6/Bletchley Park outstation, which listened to the German Secret Service and many major military campaigns. Mike Griffiths’ father Harry was a radio operator, based there throughout the hostilities. His ‘Code Book’, full of German and Italian radio networks, brevity codes and Double Agent call signs, encapsulates the role that the St Erth Radio Station and its sister sites played as the ears of Bletchley Park. Mike will talk about the painstaking research that resulted in his book, Listening to the Enemy, shortlisted for the Holyer An Gof Publishers’ Award 2023.
Tickets cost £6 and you can reserve your place here.
