Scrapped: A collection about Winston Churchill is to be taken down at Bletchley Park The new 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, in Buckinghamshire, 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 see 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.'
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Chief executive of museum likened collection to 'Charles and Diana mugs'
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Wartime prime minister ensured code-breakers had vital resources
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Bletchley Park played huge role in ensuring an Allied victory
Historic: Wrens working on the Enigma code-breaking operation in @placeholder
But Mr Standen said: 'Bletchley Park is moving into a very exciting period in its development as we begin to undertake a partly publicly funded major restoration project which will start the process of turning the @placeholder into a national, and in time we hope world class, heritage attraction.