Alan Turing, the new face of the £50 note

[Moley]

https://news.sky.com/story/alan-turing-wwii-codebreaker-revealed-as-new-face-of-50-note-11763499

An excellent choice in my opinion. A brilliant man, poorly treated after his genius helped end WW2. This honour is entirely appropriate imho.

 

[aardvark]

i look forward to never seeing it as i live in the north

 

[peterwalkley]

BBC linky: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48962557

Agree with this completely. He was let down very badly by the establishment. Unfortunately by the time the apology came those responsible will have all died off.

 

[Edrof]

Solid choice.

 

[Chris344]

Fantastic news. I used to work at the BoE, very proud of the Bank for making this decision.

 

[Stokesy]

Historians think his work saved the lives of millions of people by shortening the war. As others have said, the way in which he was treated was appalling.

 

[malachi]

Great but are many shops still funny about taking £50 notes?

 

[dowie]

Great but are many shops still funny about taking £50 notes?

Well this is a polymer one so less to worry about, it is actually the £20 note that is more commonly forged anyway, though I guess they're potentially taking a greater hit with the £50 note.

You've also got the issue of shops that don't leave much of a float in the till - but then someone using one to buy say a can of coke or something from a local news agents is being a bit silly.

 

[Semple]

You've also got the issue of shops that don't leave much of a float in the till - but then someone using one to buy say a can of coke or something from a local news agents is being a bit silly.

Yeah i'd suspect this is more of the issue rather than the shop being worried about it being forged.

Agreeing with others, it's a great honour for a man who did so much whilst treated so badly later on in his life.

 

[G-MAN2004]

If there's anyone who is worthy of being put on one of the country's notes, it is him. Solid choice.

 

[Train]

https://news.sky.com/story/alan-turing-wwii-codebreaker-revealed-as-new-face-of-50-note-11763499

An excellent choice in my opinion. A brilliant man, poorly treated after his genius helped end WW2. This honour is entirely appropriate imho.

Think its a bit of a let down and not much of an honour, whens the last time you saw a £50 note, cant say i have seen more the 5 in the last ten years.

 

[dowie]

Think its a bit of a let down and not much of an honour, whens the last time you saw a £50 note, cant say i have seen more the 5 in the last ten years.

Do you live up north?

 

[NMBlack]

I would have been happy with Mary Anning, Rosalind Franklin, Stephen Hawking or Alan Turing, so this is a good decision as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Yadda]

A great choice IMO, although I'd also like to see many others who served at Bletchley get more recognition for their work.

 

[Train]

Do you live up north?

Depends at whats classed as up north, to southerner everythings up North but i am in the midlands.

 

[PermaChanged]

Think its a bit of a let down and not much of an honour, whens the last time you saw a £50 note, cant say i have seen more the 5 in the last ten years.

How do you buy your Gucci belts if you don't use £50 notes?

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Superb choice..

Montgomery would be another..

 

[MartinPrince]

https://news.sky.com/story/alan-turing-wwii-codebreaker-revealed-as-new-face-of-50-note-11763499

An excellent choice in my opinion. A brilliant man, poorly treated after his genius helped end WW2. This honour is entirely appropriate imho.

Yes good choice. We have a building already named after him at my local university.

 

[ttaskmaster]

NVM

 

[Efour]

Never see a 50 but good choice.