It is with regret that we have to announce the sudden passing of our deeply respected long term friend and colleague, Barrie Simpson, whom we all held in great regard. He was such an integral member of FBEC that his loss will be very keenly felt, but he will continue to live on in our …
Another type of ‘Spring Clean’.
As we litter picked today we noticed that the poppy wreaths had gone from the Cross of Sacrifice. Why and where to........?
Great British Spring Clean Results!!
A big thank you to all our supporters who turned out to help at our litter pick today, especially local Councillors and staff from Idverde (who came complete with a truck to remove the 27 bags of litter we collected). After 90 minutes we had collected a surprising amount of litter, mainly from the edges …
Today is the day!
Dry weather, so far..... so hope to see a few of you in the cemetery at 10am for our Great British Spring Clean litter pick.
Interesting article.
This Cemetery Friends Group are in a slightly different situation to us, but this is interesting!
New date for Great British Spring Clean- LITTER PICK
Pleased to say our litter pick that was cancelled due to snow is now back in the diary! SATURDAY 24TH MARCH 10-11.30AM- BRANDWOOD END CEMETERY Please join the Friends in this ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ annual Litter Pick. We will provide the pickers and the bags, but you will need stout footwear and gloves. Meet on …
URGENT NOTIFICATION- SATURDAY 3rd MARCH -LITTER PICK CANCELLED.
We are afraid that the severe weather conditions would make it foolhardy to carry on with the litter pick planned for this Saturday 3rd March, in the Cemetery. FBEC will be rearranging, so watch this space. Such a shame as there were so many ‘Great British Spring Clean’ events scheduled around the country. We fear …
Final Reminder of our ‘Great British Clean Up’ Litter Pick.
On Saturday the 3rd March between 10 and 11.30am we will be supporting the latest Keep Britain Tidy SPRING CLEAN- LITTER PICK campaign. Please come along to Brandwood End Cemetery in Woodthorpe Rd, Kings Heath and support this event. We will supply litter pickers and bags. Please wear stout shoes/boots and gloves. Meet at …
Spring is almost here.
Today in the cemetery…….
Spring tidy up for Civilian Garden.
Lucky for us, the sun shone today as a few of the Committee of FBEC wrestled with huge bags of bark to top dress the beds in The Civilian Garden of Remembrance! A few weeds pulled, a bit of snipping here and there, some bark, a rake and a sweep ….and everything soon looked …