We will be hosting this months Grave Gardeners in the cemetery on this Saturday, the 9th November at 11am for a couple of hours. Why not come along and enjoy the fresh air whilst helping to keep Brandwood End Cemetery looking at its best. We have the tools and gardening gloves but you are welcome …
Dr Carl Chinn produced an article carried in the Birmingham Mail on Wednesday 23rd October. He has been kind enough to allow us to reproduce it below. It follows him unveiling our new Memorial stone in the Civilian Garden area. Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery Memorial Blitz Victims Birmingham’s people and their industries were …
Those of you that follow our Facebook page or web site will know that each year in the run up to Remembrance Sunday you may see some of our nine pairs of ‘Poppy Cross Placers’. We have nine pairs of volunteers that form part of our Poppy Cross Crew. Each year, between them, they will …
You may think we seem to be doing a lot of ‘grave clearance’, and we are ! We have a very short window Between September and the end of March to remove any large areas of Holly or Ivy as during nesting season DEFRA have regulations regarding disturbing nesting. This also affects how and when …
Staff from Deutsche Bank turned out again on the 9th to help clear a huge coppice of Holly and Ivy that had overtaken a number of graves making it impossible for family to locate or visit. The photograph below shows the effort it takes to clear Ivy once it has got hold. Great care has …
Last week we had to cancel the visit from Nat West Staff to help clear graves. As you all may remember, we were suffering from heavy rain and storm conditions -so we were concerned when it appeared things were going the same way with their replacement visit today! We needn’t have worried as three of …
September was an unusually busy month for FBEC with the inclusion of two ‘main’ events for us. We have featured the unveiling of our new Memorial stone but we also had an Open Event for Heritage and were able to tell visitors the stories behind the names on the Memorial. We were very pleased …
A Pause for Hope service of prayer and music, for all those affected by cancer, will be held in St. Dunstan’s Church High Street Kings Heath on Sunday 20 October at 3.00pm. Supported by Churches Together in Kings Heath, it is an opportunity to remember loved ones, pray for patients, carers, medical professionals, and those …
