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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Well folks our annual visitor ‘Mrs Roe Deer’ is back. My husband literally bumped into her near Brandwood Pool. She ran off and presumably round the back of the pool through the undergrowth back towards the cemetery. This was at 11am today! I notice that Nigel’s photography was also near the middle of the day. …
Bereavements Services Offices have moved over to a centralised telephone and email system. All calls should now be directed to 0121 216 2000 and emails to bereavement.services@birmingham.gov.uk FBEC would suggest that, if you are sending an email enquiry, you should include BRANDWOOD END in the subject line. There are several options when you ring, opening …
