FBEC are looking for an interested member of the public to take on the volunteer role of ‘Archivist’. This will not be a very time consuming role but we feel that it is important that we keep material such as news cuttings and photographs etc in an orderly fashion for future reference. It would require …
Monyhull Community Event
Lots of local residents attended the Community Event at Monyhull Church today and members of FBEC spoke to many people about the future of the chapels and the condition of the cemetery in general. It is obvious that local residents are concerned about the deteriorating condition of the chapels and are keen to know if …
Our Friends at Ward End Park launch their new Tree Trail.
Our Friends at Ward End Park have attended several FBEC events and often lend us quantities of spades to cope with our visiting school ‘planters’. Today it was our turn to visit their park for the launch of their Tree Trail and Sculpture leaflet. Graham, who carved these marvellous sculptures, discusses the difficulties in working …
Bugs, beasties and pond life.
Year 3 and 6 pupils and Teachers from Woodthorpe J and I school enjoyed a day long visit to Brandwood Pool to investigate the ‘bugs and beasties’ both on the land and in the water. They were joined by members of the Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery and Brandwood Pool who helped supervise the pond …
If you go down to the woods today……..
…….or Thursday the 3rd of July to be precise, you may find children from Woodthorpe Junior and Infant school pond dipping and creating wild life habitats as part of their ECO week. Brandwood Pocket Park and Pool form part of the area adjacent to the cemetery and the Friends of Brandwood Pool will be helping …
Iconic Oak ‘boughs’ out.
Regular visitors to Brandwood End Cemetery will know that for many years a beautiful Oak tree has been a significant land mark on the main drive. They will also be aware that there has been concern over its ‘healthy and safety’ for the last couple of years and as a result it was severely cut …
Local Grant success!
New Vision have managed to secure yet another small grant from Waterloo Housing Association towards the completion of the woodland pathway within Jasmin Fields Nature Reserve, started last year. Brandwood Forum also had access to a small grant which they kindly contributed towards this project, so its all ready to go! Last year members of …
Heritage Open Event
FBEC are hoping to take part in Heritage Open Week in September this year. If all goes according to plan we hope to be able to lead a couple of informative walks around ww1 graves of interest and display some photographs and memorabilia from ww1 in the Lodge. Watch this space! As we are few …
1st June Litter pick.
Today was our quarterly litter pick at Brandwood End Cemetery. Our apologies for not posting a reminder on the News Feed on our site but time overtook us! There is a full list of dates posted elsewhere on this site. Luckily there was a respite from the continual rain so hopefully everyone enjoyed their task.
Are you searching for a grave?
If you are one of the many people searching for a grave within Brandwood End Cemetery you can normally contact Bereavement Services at Kings Norton (who hold the records) and get a more or less instant reply. There is a minimum of 24 hour delay at the present as all the Brandwood End records of …