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. …
Damaged Sunflowers.
Spotted today, flowers having their heads removed by a squirrel! BUT either squirrels or Magpies have sunk to an all time low….. They have ripped a crochet sunflower head off Valerie Smith’s lovely Lodge path screen. As well as the head, a whole Sunflower has been removed. We are pretty sure it’s animal/bird interference but …
Our Litter Pickers never let us down!
Despite the rain first thing we still had 15 supporters turn up to litter pick. Well done to them. We are afraid lots of the items collected were old artificial flowers- blown about as left unsecured. Lots of smashed glass vases and we have warned that this happens as Magpies, Ravens and Squirrels try and …
Who Lies Beneath?
‘WHO LIES BENEATH? If you recognise any of the unusual surnames below then just maybe one of your family relatives was a victim of the bombing in WW2 and buried within our Civilian Garden of Remembrance. Come along to the Garden between 11am and 2pm on Saturday 14th September to find out more. Battista, Bramham, …
Lots of events ahead in Brandwood End Cemetery.
UP AND COMING DATES IN THE FBEC DIARY WHERE WE WELCOME YOUR SUPPORT SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER. Litter Pick 10am-11.30am Meet opposite the Lodge on the main Drive. WEDNESDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER As part of Heritage Open Week, Ian Binnie will lead a free walk around 8 graves of those killed in 1944 and from the Kings …
Heritage Open Week 6-14th September.
The FRIENDS will again be taking part in Heritage Open Week with a couple of events this year. On Wednesday the 11th September at 2pm, Ian Binnie will be leading a walk around 8 graves of those who died during the conflicts of 1944. Ian has researched these individuals and will give you an insight …
Volunteers support gardening project.
Eleven volunteers turned out on August 10th to help FBEC committee members continue their Grave Gardeners project. Lots done again but always plenty to do. Several graves can now be seen where previously all you could see was shrubbery. The pile to the left was removed to uncover these graves. You can see that there …