Just a reminder that we will be holding our quarterly Litter Pick on Sunday the 6th December. 10-11.30am Meet at the Lodge. We will provide litter bags and we do have some spare pickers, but under Covid restrictions we do ask that you wear gloves and bring your own litter pickers if you have them. …
All the photos in the album link below were taken within a few days of each other, yet the weather is so different! (Can I give e mention to Gary Staples who took the drone shots) November 2020,varied weather. – Google Photos
Can we just remind everyone that the cemetery opening times are subject to change at short notice, so please consult the Birmingham City Council web site below to confirm that your information is up to date. Brandwood End cemetery | Birmingham City Council To confirm, as we write (21.11.20), the times below are in operation. …
After losing the Battle of Britain the Luftwaffe pounded England’s industrial cities almost nightly on an eight-month-long bombing campaign. In Brandwood End we have many civilian graves as a result of bombing raids that attest to the devastating loss of life that Birmingham suffered. Eighty years ago (Tuesday 19th November 1940) the first major aerial …
The evenings seem to start just after lunch….and the order of the day seems drizzle…but in the cemetery something stirs! A sign of better to come.
In a strange way this year we have seen more interest in ‘Remembrance’ than ever before! Individuals and families have been walking in the cemetery more frequently during lockdown, and reading the information displayed on noticeboards. The Friends work hard throughout the year to make sure that notice boards, and our social media are kept …
Can we thank one of our contacts, Ian Binnie, as he also visited the cemetery on the 8th to lay a wreath on the grave to one of the soldiers, Private Horace George Turner , who lost his life during the Gallipoli campaign. Ian is Education Co-ordinator for the Gallipoli Association and was laying the …
Today at 11am on Armistice Day a few of us gravitated to the Cross of Sacrifice in the cemetery and observed the 2 minute silence. We were joined a little later by this gentleman who stood, at salute, for a full 2 minutes. Afterwards he exchanged a few words with several of us at the …
Its a damp day today but here are some seasonal photographs of fungi that were spotted around the cemetery by one of our committee members, Carola Klein.
November 2020 is the 100th Anniversary of the repatriation and burial of The Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. “Where did you lay to rest the body of my son?” For many thousands, there was no answer to give. This poignant question, often the first posed by grieving families upon publication of First World War casualty …