The Cold War Network
As the popularity of post war vehicles increases, the MVT have become part of a important initiative to promote Cold War History:
The Cold War Network emerged from a research project hosted at Leeds Beckett University and has been established to facilitate collaboration and knowledge exchange among individuals and organisations with an interest in the Cold War era and who own, manage or curate a Cold War site or collection or are involved in related research.
What They Do:
What They Do:
- Share Best Practices: Learn from the experts and stay updated on the latest in Cold War studies.
- Connect with Experts: Network with like-minded individuals passionate about the Cold War era.
- Secure Funding: Discover opportunities to fund your Cold War research, exhibitions, and projects.
- Shape the Future: Contribute to discussions on critical Cold War themes and help preserve this important part of history.
- Engage and Educate: Support the recording of oral histories and the preservation of Cold War photo collections.
To access the Cold war network newsletters, please click on the links further down the page.
Our MVT Cold War Network representative is Steve Parker
The Cold War Network is growing!
Many of our members will have lived though the Cold War, myself included, I find this period of history quite fascinating as much of the history was kept secret and is now only being released, so we are in a unique position to explore these details as they still relevant in today’s world.
At the last count there are over 375 members of the network; any interested person can join if they have a relevant vehicle or are an ex services personnel. The two people that created the Cold War Network Dr Peter Robinson and Dr Milka Ivanova have published a book called "Britain’s Cold War Heritage." They both work at Leeds Beckett University. They have students working on hospitality and marketing using the Cold War as a theme for their studies. They hold webinars, (usually during midweek daytime) I am trying to change this to evenings to get a wider audience.
This May saw their first Cold War Heritage week. This year 14 Cold War sites hosted events, hopefully more will join in next year.
See https://coldwarnetwork.co.uk/cwn-heritage-week-debut/
We hope to have more MVT members with vehicles there to support their events, these include presentations about the site and much more on the Cold War.
Steve Parker
MVT Cold War Network
Many of our members will have lived though the Cold War, myself included, I find this period of history quite fascinating as much of the history was kept secret and is now only being released, so we are in a unique position to explore these details as they still relevant in today’s world.
At the last count there are over 375 members of the network; any interested person can join if they have a relevant vehicle or are an ex services personnel. The two people that created the Cold War Network Dr Peter Robinson and Dr Milka Ivanova have published a book called "Britain’s Cold War Heritage." They both work at Leeds Beckett University. They have students working on hospitality and marketing using the Cold War as a theme for their studies. They hold webinars, (usually during midweek daytime) I am trying to change this to evenings to get a wider audience.
This May saw their first Cold War Heritage week. This year 14 Cold War sites hosted events, hopefully more will join in next year.
See https://coldwarnetwork.co.uk/cwn-heritage-week-debut/
We hope to have more MVT members with vehicles there to support their events, these include presentations about the site and much more on the Cold War.
Steve Parker
MVT Cold War Network
CWN NewlettersClick on the image to download the newsletters in pdf format
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Upper Heyford: Blast doors that are opened when the aircraft engines are fired up
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Upper Heyford: Building with Jet engine deflector
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Upper Heyford: The inside of the Hardened Aircraft Shelters, (HAS)
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BRIXMIS G Wagon and Russian ZIL truck with communication equipment
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Chicksands Military’s Intelligence Museum
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