ACO BUSINESS NEWS ACO ANNIVERSARY COMPETITION PRIZE A set of the first five volumes of the English Heritage Technical Handbook Series 'Practical Building Conservation' ACO has now reached its 10th Anniversary and the Council has been debating what new initiatives we should be taking for the next decade. How do you see us developing? Should we be concentrating more on publishing guidance, on lobbying, on education - or all of these? Hone your ideas to a cutting edge and send them - not more than two sides of A4 please - to Jenny TREASURER'S NOTE It is time to remind all members that the subscriptions for 1991/92 are due from 1 April and that, from that date, they rise to .(10 per annum. If you have a bankers order would you be good enough to let your bank know well before that date to save the bother of having to send a separate cheque for .(2. If you have not already made a standing order you may wish to use the draft form set out below. Peter Richards Pearce at the address given on the Contents page of Context. The prize will be awarded to the most relevant and practical suggestions, but those which make me laugh, cry or reach for my cheque book will not be ignored and all will receive a mention in a summary of suggestions in the next issue. Entries by the end of April please. The English Technical Handbook Series is published h}' Gower Press. INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY PANELS A national debate is taking place concerning industrial archaeology and its relationship with archaeology. This has not extended too far into the world of conservation officers but the establishment of Industrial Archaeology Panels (IAPS) is an important step in the right direction. The ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS FORM OF BANKERS ORDER TO Please pay the Association of Conservation Officers Account No. 55404626, Code 60.05.13, National Westminster Bank PLC, (Chelmsford High Street Branch) PO Box No.12, 6, High Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CMl lBL, at once and subsequently on the first day of April each year until further notice the sum of ten pounds (£10.00) being the annual subscription to the Association. This order cancels any previous order made in favour of the Assocation. Signed . (Please return the completed form to the Hon Treasurer, Peter Richards, 139 Lifstan Way, Thorpe Bay, Essex SSl 2XG, who will forward it to your bankers.) CONTEXT 29 ACO is becoming directly involved m his process. The purpose of the panels is to create links and liaison between professional and amateur groups and individuals to develop understanding of, and disseminate information about, industrial archaeology, which is taken generally to be the period after 1730, ie where post-mediaeval archaeology ends (but this will vary from industry to industry). The panels are important in making available the expertise by which planning authorities can assess listed building consent applications, buildings at risk register entries and sites & monuments records within a clear context. IAPs already exist in Scotland (dating from 1985) and Wales (1987). Both have a wide membership comprising professionals, amateurs and local groups. The Welsh panel has been instrumental in persuading Cadw to appoint an inspector specialising in industrial archaeology. The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) felt that a single panel for the whole of England would be impractical, and agreed in 1988 that six regional panels should be established. Each would cover more than twice the population of the two existing panels. It was also recognised that more organisations and institutions might wish to be represented. Six IAPs were felt to be the largest number which could also be supported by permanent representation from English Heritage and RCHME. Further sub-panels have been suggested but this has been discouraged to avoid over-fragmentation of representation. The areas of the six panels are as follows: The North East: Cleveland, Durham, Humberside, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire. The North West: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside. The West Midlands: Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcester, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands. East Anglia & East Midlands: Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, • Northamptonshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Suffolk. The South East: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey. The South West: Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire. These panel areas, while respecting county boundaries, do not relate to ACO 39
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