Committee and contact details
The Group is run by its officers and committee, who are elected by members at the Annual General Meeting to serve for a period of three years. The officers comprise the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. The rest of the committee consists of between nine and twelve elected members and up to three members co-opted by the rest of the committee. The committee normally meets six times a year.
Chair &
Newsletter Editor
Kirsty Nichol
c/o Blakesley Hall, Blakesley Road, Yardley, Birmingham B25 8RN
Telephone: 0121 464 2193
Kirsty Nichol has worked as a Commercial Archaeologist for the past 17 years. She
currently splits her time between Weoley
Castle Ruins, Birmingham and Lydiard
Park, Wiltshire, where she runs the outreach and education programmes for a Medieval
Fortified Manor House and palimpsestic Country Park and Palladian Mansion
respectively.
Having specialised for the majority of her career in Industrial Archaeology her current
research interests include life on the home front and military supply for the Great War
and WWII, and she is never happier than when she is in a concrete bunker or air raid
shelter!
Kirsty is also Leader of the Birmingham Young
Archaeologists Club as well as Chair of CBA WM and Newsletter Editor.
Vice-Chair
John Hunt
75 Lower Road, Hednesford, Staffs. WS12 1ND
Telephone: 01782 280 382
John Hunt is a Fellow of The Institute for Advanced Research in Arts and Social
Sciences and a Research Fellow in the School of Historical Studies at the
University of Birmingham. He is also a member of the University's Centre for
West Midlands History.
John is a Trustee of the CBA as well as being Vice-Chair of CBA WM.
Secretary
Position vacant
Treasurer &
Membership Secretary
John Haslam
32 Turner Road, Chapelfields, Coventry CV5 8FT
Telephone: 02476 672 589
WMA Editor
Sheena Payne-Lunn
Orchard House, Farrier Street, Worcester WR1 3BB
Telephone: 01905 721 133
Sheena Payne-Lunn is the Historic Environment Record Officer for
Worcester City
Council Archaeology Section.
Sheena is also co-leader of the very active
Worcestershire Young Archaeologists Club which
obtained nearly £50,000 in January 2008 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for
the Northwick Manor Community Heritage
Project, an initiative bringing together a number of partners to deliver a
varied programme of educational and community activities.
Sheena is also Editor of West Midlands Archaeology.
Education Liaison Officer
Jan Pick
Jan is a teacher and has for a number of years worked specifically in heritage
environments for the complete range of BMAG sites amongst others. She is also a
member of Kingsheath LHS and a fount of all knowledge on researching historical
figures and family histories.
Student Liaison
Esme Hookway
Esme is a final year undergraduate student at the University of Birmingham studying
archaeology. During the degree she has taken part in fieldwork looking at WWII sites on
Alderney, a medieval longhouse in Cumbria and been on a Study Tour studying the Spanish
Civil War. This summer she was very privileged and happy to have taken part in the No Man's
Land project, excavating WWI sites in Belgium.
Web Editor
Peter Crouch
Telephone: 0121 523 6756
Peter Crouch is a part-time consultant for the
Nickel Institute with an interest
in archaeology.
Before he retired he was successively an industrial chemist, a
computer software developer and a junior civil servant.
In his spare time he is Chairman and Web Editor of BCS, the Chartered Institute
for IT, Fortran Specialist Group and
Membership Secretary of the BCS Birmingham
and
Wolverhampton Branches.
In the last few years his interest in archaeology has taken him to visit the remains of
Roman cities in Tunisia and Italy, Visigothic churches in Spain, as well as to Istanbul,
Troy and the remains of Greek cities in Asia Minor.
Casework Correspondent
Malcolm Nixon
Telephone: 01905 453 426
Other Committee Members
Emma Hancox
Emma Hancox is the Historic Environment Record Officer for Worcestershire
Historic Environment and Archaeology Service.
Her main interest lies in the archaeology and history of north-west Worcestershire,
particularly the development of Redditch New Town.
Emma is also treasurer for the Worcestershire Young Archaeologists' Club.
Mike Hodder
Telephone: 0121 464 7797
Mike Hodder has been Birmingham
City Council's Planning Archaeologist since the post was created in 1994. He
advises on the management of archaeological sites of all dates and types
throughout the city as part of the planning and development process.
He also maintains the city's Sites and Monuments Record and initiates and encourages
research into the city's archaeology.
Mike is particularly interested in the links between the historic and natural
environments and in making information about Birmingham's archaeology accessible to
as many people as possible.
Planning Consultations
Birmingham, Sandwell & Dudley: Jonathan Parkhouse
Coventry, Solihull & Walsall: Emma Hancox
Staffordshire & Shropshire: John Hunt
Warwickshire: Mike Hodder
Diocesan Archaeological Consultants
Birmingham: Mike Hodder
Coventry: Jonathan Parkhouse
Hereford: Andrew Pike
Lichfield: Bob Meeson
Worcester: Malcolm Atkin
CBA West Midlands Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=11651949023
General email address
cbawestmidlands@britarch.ac.uk
