Brandwood End Remembrance Service 2024, Sunday10th November at 10.45am
Article by Dr Carl Chinn.
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 …
Poppy Placing Project begins.
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 …
Grave Gardeners plough ahead with more clearance.
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 …
Deutsche Bank visit again to help clear shrubbery
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 …
Come and help clear graves.
Nat West Staff battle the rain.
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 …
Open event in Civilian Garden
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 …
Pause for Hope.
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.