Every May, cyclist travel from all over the UK to visit the National Cyclists Memorial in the village of Meriden. This year a small contingent decided that, as they were unable to visit Meriden, they would lay a wreath in Brandwood End. Built to honour the memory of those members of the cyclists battalions of …
Congratulation to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission !
A Silver Award at RHS Chelsea for their garden entry. Especially suitable in this their centenary year. Well done CWGC !!
Final Hedgehog Film showing
If you have been supporting our ‘Help for Hedgehogs’ campaign in Brandwood End Cemetery you may know that pupils from St Albans RC Primary and Woodthorpe Primary have been learning how to record this project on film! On Monday the 5th June from 7-8pm we will be showing the results of their efforts at Park …
Hedges and nesting birds!
Those of you that visit the cemetery on a regular basis will know that several years ago the Friends, along with local school pupils, replaced a failing Beech hedge around the Civilian Garden of Remembrance with a biodiversity friendly Hawthorn hedge. This hedge has matured beautifully and is now home to a diverse selection of …
New Tree Trail
Tomorrow represents the start of research work, by the Committee of FBEC, to design and produce a new ‘Tree Walk’ leaflet for Brandwood End. It is several years since our original tree walk, which has been extensively used- but some of the included trees have fallen foul of the wind or disease and we felt …
Update-From Brownhills to Brandwood: Thomas William James and the Pity of War
Some of you may remember that our committee member, Barrie Simpson, and others were making efforts to get official recognition for Thomas William James. We have included a link to the Official site which details, at length, the history behind these efforts. It is a long but extremely interesting story……but everyone’s efforts have been rewarded!
Memorial Safety Testing.
We have been informed by Bereavement Services Department that the safety testing of Memorials is due to be restarted and will focus on Sections 35,36,37 and 38 Notification signs have been erected in all the above areas. They have asked us to remind Grave Owners/next of kin, that they should advise the office in Kings …
Members attend AGM……and eat loads of beautiful home made cake!
On behalf of FBEC can we thank the members that gave up their time to attend our Annual AGM. Yet again we had a good supply of home made cake, which was consumed following the formal meeting- when members had the opportunity to chat to the committee. Following the election of committee members, the elected …
FBEC Annual AGM
The Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery will be holding their annual AGM on Thursday 13th April in the Conference Room at St Dunstans Church, Kings Heath. 10.30 start. Tea and coffee plus cake will be available! Everyone welcome. At the AGM a report on the Friends activities during the past year will be available and …
Great turn out for Jasmin Fields Nature Reserve Litter Pick.
Jasmin Fields Nature Reserve lies just across Broad Lane from the Cemetery site and as a Friends Group we always try and work together. Today was no exception as they held a litter pick and 16 people worked all morning to clear everyday litter and also larger items resulting from recent dredging of the Cole …