New Vision have managed to secure yet another small grant from Waterloo Housing Association towards the completion of the woodland pathway within Jasmin Fields Nature Reserve, started last year. Brandwood Forum also had access to a small grant which they kindly contributed towards this project, so its all ready to go! Last year members of …
Heritage Open Event
FBEC are hoping to take part in Heritage Open Week in September this year. If all goes according to plan we hope to be able to lead a couple of informative walks around ww1 graves of interest and display some photographs and memorabilia from ww1 in the Lodge. Watch this space! As we are few …
1st June Litter pick.
Today was our quarterly litter pick at Brandwood End Cemetery. Our apologies for not posting a reminder on the News Feed on our site but time overtook us! There is a full list of dates posted elsewhere on this site. Luckily there was a respite from the continual rain so hopefully everyone enjoyed their task.
Are you searching for a grave?
If you are one of the many people searching for a grave within Brandwood End Cemetery you can normally contact Bereavement Services at Kings Norton (who hold the records) and get a more or less instant reply. There is a minimum of 24 hour delay at the present as all the Brandwood End records of …
Brandwood Pool Plinth repaired.
For a while now the plinth used by families to feed the ducks at Brandwood Pool has been rotten and not really safe but we are pleased to say it is back in use again. Dean, the Ranger, helped by Wendy and her team of students from Bournville College have redesigned the base and removed …
Just a few reminders of why our members hold Brandwood End Cemetery so dear.
Our Terracotta Chapels and our trees. Our Angels and areas for quiet contemplation. Our wild life and birds. As a visitor, whatever reason brings you to Brandwood End Cemetery you are sure to find something to marvel at. Please consider joining the Friends. We need your support. Applications can …
2014 AGM
Our thanks to all those who attended our AGM at St Bedes Church. We didnt have a large turn out but those that attended all participated in informal discussions after the AGM on a range of subjects. Thanks again for taking the time to come and sharing your thoughts with us. We will be posting …
Blooms on main drive again!
Doesn’t it make you feel like spring is here. First we had all the snowdrops, then the crocus bulbs popped through. Now we have a couple of patches of beautiful Anemones. Not as many as last year but never the less welcome.
Lord Mayor joins local school at Veolia sponsored event in cemetery
We wish we could say that the sun shone today as it has done for the last week- but it didn’t. That didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of pupils from St Alban’s RC Primary School who came along to the cemetery to help plant hawthorn whips around a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial area. Brandwood End …
FBEC AGM 2014
You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery which is to be held on Thursday 10th April at 7.30 pm. Please note that we have changed the venue back to St Bedes Church, Bryndale Ave, B14 6NG. We hope returning to this venue will increase attendance at our …