The Friends are working alongside ‘Caring for God’s Acre’ in a project to record details of all the memorials in Brandwood End Cemetery. FBEC members were joined on site today by Val Hart from Balsall Heath Local History Society. We hope Val will be sharing her experience with the rest of the Balsall Heath Local …
Our apologies if you tried to access our web site earlier and found it was listed as insecure! We have been experiencing some technical difficulties when the SSL Certificate automatically renews….or not as the case may be! We try and spot this as soon as it happens but should you get this ‘insecure site’ message …
As many of our supporters may remember, the Friends have worked with the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country on a similar project to the one below, but focusing on Hedgehogs. We thought you may want to try their latest project…… _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country, EcoRecord and …
Despite the ‘lockdown’ restrictions, the Friends were able to support a small gathering to remember those lost as a result of the ill-fated Gallipoli Campaign. FBEC Chairman Julia Griffin, Vice Chairman Coral Howard and member Pat Franklin joined Ian Binnie (Gallipoli Association), Colonel (Retd.) Bob Carruthers (Royal Warwickshire Regiment Association) and Richard Millington (Warwickshire Yeomanry …
Do you know how important Anzac day is ? Do you even know what it commemorates? This year the Friends will be meeting with Ian Binnie, who is the Education Coordinator of the Gallipoli Association, a charity that seeks to promote knowledge of the ill fated WW1 campaign, to mark the day by laying a …
The new permanent fence is now in place and the old fencing has been removed. I think you will agree that this has made an amazing difference. Well done to all concerned.
We know how annoying litter can be, so can we make an appeal to visitors to the cemetery. Our worst litter problem is that of flower paper. Once flowers are past their best they become light weight and they, along with their surrounding paper, get blown around the cemetery. Please remove all the paper before …
Yet again Bereavement Services have come up trumps and installed a lovely new permanent fence around the chapel buildings. The original fencing was a temporary ‘builders yard’ type- and gave this magnificent building a look of ‘waiting for demolition’ . Nothing could be further from the truth! The new fence is a finer mesh and …
The committee members, who spent quite a lot of time planting these daffodils, are so pleased when they pop up each spring. It makes all our efforts worth it. Thank you Julia for the lovely photograph, capturing a true sense of Spring.
Our Chairman, Julia Griffin, reported one of the Commonwealth War Grave Headstones in Brandwood End had been damaged and we are very pleased to say that their staff have replaced the damaged stone with a brand new one. It is looking good, back where is should be on the grave of Gunner Adams.