Thanks for that anticon. I've just laughed loud at work and getting looks like I'm quite mad.
The message reads "Help I'm stuck in a chimney, also I'm a bird".
I just decoded it, it was easy!
"Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance"
/edit - In all seriousness though, that's absolutely fascinating. I'd love to know what it really does say.
"It's a trap"
My pleasure.![]()
He had previously showed the encrypted message to the late British spy and intelligence officer Wilfred "Biffy" Dunderdale, who is said to have been the real-life inspiration for his friend Ian Fleming's fictional spy James Bond.
A specialist in counter-espionage, Biffy coincidently lived near Martin's house after the war.
"When I showed him the bird and code, the blood drained from his face and he advised us to back off," Martin said.
"He said nothing would ever be published," Martin added.