A new bench has made an appearance in Brandwood End Cemetery. The Friends have no idea who provided it, but it sits near the Cross of Sacrifice on the main Drive and its design suggests a link to the Great war.
Season for Fungi
This is the time of year where the damp weather means its fungi season in the Cemetery. You can always find lots of ground fungi but Carola, a member of our committee, spotted and photographed this specimen of tree fungi! Next time you are in Brandwood End try looking up……you would be amazed what you …
Cemetery looking good over Christmas period.
The Friends were pleased to see that the Cemetery was looking very clean, tidy and welcoming over the Christmas period. A number of local people have also commented on this and we have received similar praise on our Facebook page. Thank you Bereavement Services staff for that little bit of extra effort….it was noticed!! The …
Seasons Greetings to all our supporters.
Christmas is almost upon us and the committee of Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery would like to wish all our supporters ‘Seasons Greetings’. Although we seem to have made no progress with the Chapels in 2014, due to the financial constraints being experienced by Birmingham City Council, we have never the less been busy on …
Choking Ivy removed from historic graves.
Our thanks to the committee members and volunteers who turned out to help remove the Ivy from some 0f the historic graves near the Chapels last weekend. We are only able to do this at certain prescribed times each year as the Ivy provides nesting areas for some of our beautiful birds from the spring …
Hectic start to last litter pick of 2014!
Great to see 6 keen volunteers at our final litter pick this year. We have to say that we have experienced much worse weather for this final clean up in Brandwood End, but 2014 weather has been unusual all year round! Yet again the bulk of the litter appears to have been ‘flower papers’. Can …
Last litter pick of 2014!
This will be the last weekend in 2014 that the Friends will be holding a Litter Pick and clean up in the Cemetery. The details are as follows:- Meet by the Lodge on the main drive. 10am (Usually finished by 11.30am) Sunday 7th December. Litter pickers and sacks provided but suitable shoes and gloves advisable. …
Access to our ‘photostream’ on Flickr
If you would like to see more photographs taken in Brandwood End Cemetery, why not try using this link.
Christmas shopping on Amazon? Please think of us….
Dear Friends….If you will be Christmas shopping on Amazon this year please consider using the Icon for their site at the top of this web page. It costs you no more and takes just a second longer but for every purchase you make, FBEC receive a small donation. It’s possibly a bit early- but Seasons …
New Road Markings in Brandwood End Cemetery
Those of you that visit the cemetery often will have noticed the sudden appearance of ‘give way’ white road markings at the end of avenues and especially surrounding the Chapel Island. Speeding inside the cemetery has long been an issue but on a number of occasions recently cars have pulled out of avenues at speed …