Gosh ! Where did 2018 go? Christmas is nearly upon us followed closely by the New Year. Can we take this moment to thank all of our supporters for showing an interest in our posts and taking the time to follow what FBEC have been doing in 2018. We have had a very busy year …
Today we spotted the very first Snow Drops peeping out along the main drive of the cemetery. Not many yet…..but hopefully more will follow. Another find was this Squirrel Dray, blown down from its tree.
Five and a half of us collected over 10 bags of wind blown rubbish today in the cemetery. The December litter pick always discloses lots of rubbish hidden in normally leafy shrubbery. Still some litter in areas that are hard to reach but generally everywhere reasonably clean and tidy. Next litter pick-March 2019.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7O4cBK3mSs&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3yRd3PbSBXBqnU43a6PdCXyuxBmkQJO7xbLU4gyG1sodM_nTWRDvjq3qc This is a lovely film showing a small aspect of our Heritage event this year. Doug Smith, his colleagues and three young ladies from Swanshurst Girls School brought to life some of those buried in Brandwood End who lost their lives as a result of action in WW1. Those ‘remembered’ were all real….. and …
The first Kindertransport train left Berlin on 1 December 1938. Tomorrow marks 80 years since that first train. The Kindertransport or Children’s Transport was a humanitarian programme which rescued children (the majority of whom were Jewish) from danger in Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Holland between November 1938 and May 1940. Approximately 10,000 children were sent …
All the wind that has been blowing over the last few days will have whipped flower papers away from graves and flung them around the Cemetery ! Join us at 10am this Sunday the 2nd December by the Lodge for our final clear up of 2018. Bare shrubbery discloses litter hidden most of the year …
Our thanks to Carola Klein for creating an amazing array of photographs illustrating the vast variety of Fungi in Brandwood End Cemetery. Follow this link to view them all.
It was lovely to meet some of the members of the Blossomfield U3A (Natural History, I think?) group in the Cemetery this morning. Such a shame that the sun only began to shine as we were leaving! Our thanks to their Organiser, Barbara, for giving the Friends a chance to explain some of the history …
We have been reporting on the stages of work being undertaken to place a new ‘temporary’ roof on the fire damaged side of our chapels in Brandwood End. We finally get to see the actual roof covering, and it looks pretty good. This has been a ‘proper’ job and we have watched all the preparation, …
The second half of our beautiful avenue of Redwoods is getting a little TLC with its lower branches being removed or trimmed. Long overdue but very welcome.