Ballot Archive

08 Oct 2020

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Anthony (Tony) Crosby

Academic degrees, honours etc.

BA (Hons) Geography, 1972; M Soc Sc Industrial Archaeology, 1997: both Birmingham University

Profession or occupation

Retired Local Government Officer and Civil Servant

Grounds for election

The last ten years of his career was with the Heritage Lottery Fund as Policy Advisor, specialising in Industrial Heritage. Publications are A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Essex (2012), Chelmsford Industrial Trail (co-author, 2019); articles in Industrial Archaeology Review, Essex Journal, Brewery History, and Essex Society for Archaeology and History Transactions; chapters in three books of papers. Researched and produced reports on industries in Essex and Hertfordshire: malting, brewing, textiles, public water supply, workers’ housing, market town industries. Chairman of the Association for Industrial Archaeology 2008 – 2011 and member of AIA Council; founder member and Chairman of the Essex Industrial Archaeology Group from 2013; Council member of the Essex Society for Archaeology and History. Expert advisory member of the English Heritage Industrial Archaeology Panel for nine years; since 2015 volunteer advisor to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Industrial Heritage.

Signatories

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