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July 4, 2025

Come and join our Grave Gardening crew.

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This Saturday the 5th July we will have a gardening session in the cemetery helping to clear graves and low level shrubbery. We meet at the Lodge on the main drive at 11am and work till 1pm (or for as long as you want.) Its a great chance to keep fit in the fresh air …

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by Jane Edwards
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July 4, 2025

Civilian Garden Hedge

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Can we just remind followers and visitors to the cemetery that you may notice that the hedge surrounding the Civilian Garden looks ‘wild’ at this time of year. Under DEFRA regulations we are not allowed to cut it as it harbours small nesting birds at this time of year. Please be patient and early September …

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by Jane Edwards
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June 26, 2025

Brandwood Buzz

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The Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery have joined with a number of local voluntary groups and businesses to work together to promote the Brandwood area as a whole. This includes promoting and supporting each others events and encouraging people to shop local and visit local attractions. The events listed below are all happening in the …

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by Jane Edwards
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June 26, 2025

Thank you to those that came to chat!

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It was a really busy event at Dawberry Fields with dancers, singers, food stalls and lots of local visitors. Many of them have family buried in Brandwood End Cemetery and came to chat to us. We enjoyed meeting them all and thank them for their offers of help.                               

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by Jane Edwards
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June 20, 2025

Dawberry Fields Festival 2025

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The Friends will be at Dawberry Fields Park for their festival event this Saturday the 21st June. Why not come along and see what we have been doing in the cemetery lately? We will be there from 12 noon till 4pm.

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by Jane Edwards
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June 20, 2025

Mad dogs and Deutsche Bank Staff go out in the midday sun!!

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It certainly was hot, hot, hot when a team of Deutsche Bank staff came into Brandwood End Cemetery to help us clear shrubbery from headstones and tidy up the front of Section 10……again! Some of this area was cleared about 6 years ago by 202 Army Reserves but I am afraid it was mostly back. …

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by Jane Edwards
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June 6, 2025

Scouts help out at Litter Pick

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Thank you to Scouts from Colmore Group for boosting our litter pick numbers. Over 20 bags of mainly flower paper and old windblown artificial flowers were collected from around the cemetery. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FIX ALL TRIBUTES SECURELY AND REMOVE FLOWER PAPER.  Thank you.

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by Jane Edwards
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June 6, 2025

Grave Gardeners in National Cemeteries Week

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The Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery celebrate the cemetery all year round as a calm and peaceful place to visit but this week is a special week to ask everyone to remember their local cemetery and maybe pay a visit as part of NATIONAL CEMETERIES WEEK.  Cemeteries may be well kept or they may be …

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by Jane Edwards
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June 6, 2025

Have you lost or gained floral tributes?

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On behalf of The Friends can we apologise in advance if you visit your family grave and find your flowers have disappeared…. Or alternatively…. you now have flowers you didn’t place BUT it’s been very windy lately. As we ‘litter picked’ last weekend we found many bunches and individual artificial flowers strewn around the cemetery. …

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by Jane Edwards
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June 6, 2025

Cemetery views by supports of FBEC and Cemetery lovers.

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ITS NATIONAL CEMETERIES WEEK.  A TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR CEMETERIES. Here are a few photographs taken by visitors to the cemetery that show what a peaceful and inviting green space it is. These photographs cover a very small area of Brandwood End. Pop in and take a stroll. There are plenty of benches to sit …

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by Jane Edwards
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