Barry Mead

February 2025 Meeting Report ‘There’s more to a needle than meets the eye!’ This was the intriguing title of Barry Mead’s talk on Monday 3rd February. Barry was the former curator of the Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch, centre of the needle making industry from the early C17th. Needles and pins of all kinds, from sewing…

Happy Days Digging up Northumberland, local archaeologist Barry MeadeOur first meeting of the year took place on Monday 8th January, when local archaeologist Barry Meade delivered a talk entitled ‘Happy Days Digging up Northumberland’. Barry achieved local celebrity in 2019 when he was named ‘Community Archaeologist of the Year’ for his leadership in the restoration…