Safety tests have been undertaken on monuments in B8 and B10. Some headstones tested are deemed unsafe so Bereavements may be trying to contact grave owners. DO THEY HAVE YOUR CORRECT ADDRESS? Please try and visit to check your relatives grave if it is in those areas and make sure Bereavement Services at Kings Norton …
We have received information today that a number of items were stolen from an unlocked car in Brandwood End on New Years Day. The car was very close to its owners as they visited a grave but a thief managed to steal a handbag and items without being seen at all. Please do not leave …
We were walking in the cemetery today. It was very quiet and then an unbelievable whooping sound. Came back and researched it, as it was very distinct and unusual. It sounded owl like and the completely matching sound was…….Eurasian Scops Owl !! Surely this can’t be true. Anyone on here with more knowledge who can …
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We have reproduced below a short piece by Carola Klein, a member of the Friends committee since inception. ‘One day in the Cemetery I came upon a figure crouched intently at one of the World War I memorial screens. Mike Witham was engraving the letters of a newly identified name onto a remaining space on …
A final reminder of opening hours over the Christmas period. Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December – 8.30am – 4.00pm Christmas Day Friday 25th December – 10am – 4pm Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th December – 10am – 4pm Monday 28th December 10am – 4pm New Year’s Day Friday 1st January – 10am to 4.00pm Otherwise opening hours are as usual.
Some of the worst areas of the main drive have been resurfaced in the last week. There are undoubtedly lots of hot spots still in need of repair but time and finance struggle to coordinate! Well done to Bereavement staff for getting this done at one of their busiest times, and whilst they didn’t actually …
Early in December a member of our committee was lucky enough to be in the cemetery when a new name was added to the screen wall, adjacent to the Cross of Sacrifice on the main drive. The work was undertaken by Chargehand Stonemason – Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Mike Witham. Mike has undertaken work …
Our thanks to our committee member, Carola Klein, for her observations and photographs of Fungi in the cemetery. We notice that this year the huge ‘Fairy Rings’ we saw last year have not reappeared. We know that many of our web site followers take their cameras along when they visit Brandwood End. We are always …
Since its opening in 1899 Brandwood End Cemetery has been a place of burial and remembrance for over 350 souls lost as a result of enemy action. Many are remembered under the ‘Commonwealth War Graves’ umbrella but many lie in family graves. During the Blitz hundreds of civilians lost their lives in the City and …