Just a timely reminder that, as was recently seen in a cemetery down south, cemeteries are not immune to raging fires in this heat. Brandwood End is tinder dry. Broken glass and shiny objects can concentrate the sun and start fires in this heat. Please take care what you leave near/on your family grave. An …
Summer visitor returns.

Well folks our annual visitor ‘Mrs Roe Deer’ is back. My husband literally bumped into her near Brandwood Pool. She ran off and presumably round the back of the pool through the undergrowth back towards the cemetery. This was at 11am today! I notice that Nigel’s photography was also near the middle of the day. …
New Contact Details for Bereavements Services.

Bereavements Services Offices have moved over to a centralised telephone and email system. All calls should now be directed to 0121 216 2000 and emails to bereavement.services@birmingham.gov.uk FBEC would suggest that, if you are sending an email enquiry, you should include BRANDWOOD END in the subject line. There are several options when you ring, opening …
Interesting maps

We thought members may be interested in these 2 maps. One shows the area of Brandwood End Cemetery as it was before the cemetery existed, but with the cemetery boundaries superimposed. The second shows the existing cemetery with the original 1838 map superimposed. Interesting to see the area of water marked originally on the bottom …
Bat Walk Cancelled
I am sorry to say that the Bat Walk that was due to be held on August the 9th has had to be cancelled. We will be trying to get it rescheduled but at the present time Parks are not able to support it. Hopefully Brum Bats can find another acceptable slot. Watch this space …
Tantalising information.
Civilian Garden looks glorious in the sunshine today.

We thought we would share with you these photos taken today on a warm summer morning in the Civilian Garden of Remembrance created in 1952 by Birmingham City Council as a memorial to the civilian dead of the 1939-45 war. The newly restored benches, the mini rose trees and flourishing geranium plants in the four …