
CFHS is pleased to announce that all previous journals are now available online for members. Journals 1-50 are free for everyone, whilst Journals 51-133 have been added for members.

Listening to the Enemy
Listening to the Enemy is a fascinating story of the Bletchley Park outstation. Over several years, Mike Griffiths has painstakingly researched the origins and purpose of this site. His father, Harry, was a radio operator at the station throughout the war and he recorded many of his contacts in a little black nook – his ‘Code Book’. This book – full of German and Italian radio nets, brevity codes and Double Agent call signs, encapsulates the role of Bletchley Park; the home of the Codebreakers.

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Cornwall’s War History
A tribute to those brave people of Cornwall who served or laid down their lives in both World Wars and subsequent conflicts.
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Angela J Mewton Research Library
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(currently only the first Saturday of the month)
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Latest News
DECEMBER JOURNAL 2024
The PDF of the December2024 journal is now available in the members’ area, or can be accessed by clicking HERE. It is a colour version of the journal, with both
SEPTEMBER JOURNAL 2024
The PDF of the September 2024 journal is now available in the members’ area, or can be accessed by clicking HERE. It is a colour version of the journal, with
JUNE JOURNAL 2024
The PDF of the June 2024 journal is now available in the members’ area, or can be accessed by clicking HERE. It is a colour version of the journal, with