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 …
WHO LIES BENEATH?
Come along to the Civilian Garden of Remembrance this Saturday, 14th,between 11am and 2pm to hear the stories behind the names on our new Memorial. Matt Felkin will be there with all his air raid records and maps. Not to be missed if you are interested in the impact WW2 had on civilians.
NIQ Volunteers make inroads into Section 8
This is the first time that NIQ have been on site with the Friends and we hope they will return again as they all worked very hard……..and we are pretty sure they all enjoyed themselves! The area that they were working in had a section almost completely covered with large shrubs but NIQ staff worked …
Ian Binnie’s ‘Walk and Talk’
Seventeen members of the public joined Ian Binnie on a fascinating walk around the cemetery to visit nine military graves, all of whom died in 1944. It was interesting to learn that several of them had been killed in accidents and not on active service.
Welcome back Deutsche Bank.
We welcomed Deutsche Bank staff back to the Cemetery today to continue helping us to clear some of the more overgrown areas . Luckily the weather was relatively settled so we were all able to clear a large section in the time they were on site. FBEC rely on the help of volunteers and corporate …
New Memorial unveiled by Dr Carl Chinn.
All our work came good today as Dr Carl Chinn unveiled our Memorial in the Civilian Garden of Remembrance. Now the names of those buried in this area can be read by visitors. We were also pleased to welcome Councillors John Cotton and David Barker as well as Brian Wright and Matt Felkin representing BARRA …
Grave Gardeners/Shrubbery clearance events.
HERITAGE WEEK BEGINS IN BRANDWOOD END
Take part in some of the Heritage Open events in Brandwood End Cemetery. Add them to your diary now… WEDNESDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 2024- 2PM Join Ian Binnie as he takes you on a Tour of the memorials to those killed in 1944. (The 80th anniversary of D Day and other crucial battles). Ian will present …
Access to graves improved in Section 7
Bereavements and the Friends have received requests from visiting families for low hanging branches to be lifted, in Section 7, as they are making access to graves difficult. Both Bereavements staff and ourselves had a look and agreed that something needed to be done. The Cemetery Superintendent, knowing we had a Grave Gardeners session, asked …
First time for NIQ Volunteers in the cemetery.
Well done to the team from NIQ who made unbelievable inroads into shrubbery that has been obscuring graves for the last 10 to 15 years. Well done to them all and we hope to welcome them again to assist us in this never ending task. …