This year the Friends will be hosting several events at Brandwood End Cemetery. If you would like to reserve a place at any event or have any queries then please contact us by e mail on friendsofbec@gmail.com or phone 07811393259. All events are also listed on the National Heritage Open site and the Birmingham Heritage Open event site.
8th SEPTEMBER – FRIDAY – ZOOM TALK Ian Binnie – 7.30pm-8.30pm – Gallipoli and Brandwood End (Ian is the Education Officer for the Gallipoli Association) He will also be on site Tuesday.
12th SEPTEMBER – TUESDAY – GRAVES WALK Ian Binnie – 11am-12pm – Gallipoli and Brandwood End – Start at the Lodge
13th SEPTEMBER – WEDNESDAY – STORIES FROM THE STONES FBEC Memorial / Headstone Inscription Recording – 1000am-1200pm –Assemble at The Lodge. Be part of this larger project to record inscriptions and condition of memorials on to a digital map, for future generations.
15th SEPTEMBER – FRIDAY – LICHEN STROLL SESSIONS X 2 Shirley Hancock – 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-1500pm – Start at the Lodge. Learn more about the secret world of Lichen. It is everywhere but do we really know anything about it? (A magnifying device would be helpful but not essential)
16th SEPTEMBER – SATURDAY – MEET THE FRIENDS (FBEC)1100am-1400pm – The Lodge –Maps of measured routes in the cemetery, children’s painted stones trail – colouring competition etc. Find out what the Friends have been doing and our future plans. Enjoy a chance to look through some of our extensive research. No need to book for this event just come along and partake in a chat and tea/coffee- provided by ‘Chatty Chatty Brum Brum’.