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Radio Manchester,4 mins
Turing’s rescued notes break records at auction
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Papers written by World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing have sold for a "record-breaking" price of £465,400 after they were found in a loft and almost shredded.T he 1930s collection, which included a copy of Turing's PhD dissertation, went under the hammer in Etwall in Derbyshire and sold for £465k. Photo credit: Getty
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