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.
Final touches complete. All ready for Saturday. Fingers crossed for the weather as it will all be outdoors.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
