Final touches complete. All ready for Saturday. Fingers crossed for the weather as it will all be outdoors.
Looking good ready for Saturday.
Final Preparations for Saturday’s Heritage Event
Our thanks to Vanessa, one of our volunteers, for spending some time this morning on a final tidy up of the Civilian Garden. Plants dead headed, weeds removed……all we need now are the Council to cut the grass and we are looking our best. Hope to see some of you there Saturday at 11am till …
Heritage Walk Link
Over Heritage week we have decided to offer our self guided Heritage Walk again. You can find the link to this on our ‘Events’ page. Please download it before you attend if you want to participate. We will have a few hard copies available on Saturday the 10th at our event in the …
Heritage Open Week
Just a reminder that the Friends are taking part in Heritage Open week commencing next Saturday the 10th September with an event based in our Civilian Garden- 11am to 2pm The Friends will be there to put names to those bomb victims buried within this area and give everyone an insight into when and why …
Well supported litter pick.
Visit by Balsall Heath History Society
Our thanks to Julia Griffin and Val Hart for leading a walk for fellow society members to visit the graves of several interesting former Balsall Heath residents. It was well received, as were the refreshments. Watch out as this walk is repeated for the general public on Friday 16th September at 2pm as part of …
September Litter Pick
Our next Litter Pick will take place in Brandwood End Cemetery on Saturday 3rd September commencing at 10.00 a.m. Meet by the Lodge on the main drive. We provide the bags and pickers but we do advise stout footwear and gloves. Children must be accompanied by an adult, but are welcome.
Heritage Open Events
The Friends will be taking part in Heritage Open Week and here are a few dates for your diary. Saturday September 10th– Join us in the Civilian Garden of Remembrance to find out more about this area and why it was built by BCC 70 years ago and refurbished by the Friends. Learn more about …
Badgers visiting cemetery.
Such a lovely site… maybe in the countryside, but these photos were taken in a garden backing into the Cemetery and the Badgers arrived via the Cemetery. We have suspected they were around foraging for a while but this is the first photographic evidence.(taken by Will Steer) Lovely to see but worrying for the Cemetery …
Avoid the risk of Fires in Brandwood End.
Just a timely reminder that, as was recently seen in a cemetery down south, cemeteries are not immune to raging fires in this heat. Brandwood End is tinder dry. Broken glass and shiny objects can concentrate the sun and start fires in this heat. Please take care what you leave near/on your family grave. An …