If you can spare even an hour on the 15th please come along and help- anytime between 11am and 2pm. Stout footwear and gardening gloves if you have them, but we do have tools and some heavy-duty gloves. Many of the graves have no living relatives to visit and help clear self-set shrubs and trees, …
Despite short notice there were 18 keen attendees at our wonderful Fungi Walk led by Lukas Large. We even have a waiting list for our next venture into the world of fungi. The weather was with us but unfortunately there was very little fungi, as despite the previous day’s heavy showers the ground was still …
Those of you that follow our Web site or Facebook site may have noticed a new contributor. Josie Wall has been appointed on a 12 month contract as Bereavement Services Activities Manager. Josie’s role covers 9 Birmingham Cemeteries and 3 Crematoria and involves supporting existing friends groups, encouraging the formation of friends groups in other …
Some of you may remember that last year there was a wonderful fungi walk in the cemetery with Lukas Large who is the Natural Science Curator for Birmingham Museums Trust and a fungi expert. Lukas has offered us a fungi walk again this year, but as he’s very busy in fungi season, so it’s a …
Our partnership with Caring for God’s Acre to record all the inscriptions on headstones to populate a digital map of Brandwood End is coming to a close but during Heritage week they kindly led a session for the public in the hope that we may prolong its demise!
A large group of over 20 people enjoyed a well researched and delivered walk today taking in the graves of interesting Balsall Heath residents. Julia Griffin, our Chairman, and Val Hart from Balsall Heath History Society had originally designed this walk to be delivered to Society members but there was so much interest that it …
Today we were able to tell the story of the Civilian Garden of Remembrance and those that lie within. Many of our visitors today had no idea that this peaceful area of reflection existed and certainly knew nothing of those buried within. With the help of Matt Felkin and his wealth of knowledge, we …
After discussion with the organisers of the Heritage Open Festival the Friends have decided that we WILL CONTINUE with our 3 low key events this week scheduled for Saturday, Wednesday and Friday. We hope that some of you will join us.
