East
Anglia
OCTOBER 2014
Bentwaters Cold War Museum, Suffolk
RAF Air Defence Radar Museum, Norfolk
RAF Barnham, Suffolk
Autovon Exchange, Suffolk
These images show the former Cold War sites we visited in East Anglia in 2015 as part of research for future socially engaged art projects. As two artists working in Shetland, we were delighted to see equipment formerly used at Saxa Vord. Click on an image to enlarge and view photographs as a slideshow.
The US Air Force was based at RAF Bentwaters during the Cold War.
The US Air Force was based at RAF Bentwaters during the Cold War.
The US Air Force was based at RAF Bentwaters during the Cold War.
The US Air Force was based at RAF Bentwaters during the Cold War.
The US Air Force was based at RAF Bentwaters during the Cold War.
The US Air Force was based at RAF Bentwaters during the Cold War.
The US Air Force was based at RAF Bentwaters during the Cold War.
On the site of the former former RAF Neatishead radar and control base.
On the site of the former former RAF Neatishead radar and control base.
On the site of the former former RAF Neatishead radar and control base.
This Nuclear Storage Site (NSS) was active during the early part of the Cold War. It was one of two facilities built to store the BLUE DANUBE free fall nuclear bomb.
Fissile, (nuclear), core storage.
Fissile, (nuclear), core storage.
Explosives Storage Building.
Explosives Storage Building.
Owner Keith Eldred gave us an extensive tour of the site.
Nuclear core storage "igloo".
Tropospheric Forward Scatter Radio Station.
Tropospheric Forward Scatter Radio Station.