5th West Bromwich Boys Brigade

Despite it being -2 degrees, we never miss an opportunity to do some recruiting.

We are serving tea and coffee this morning at the Christmas Tree Festival till 1pm.

One of our Centenary challenges is to serve 100 hot drinks.

Please come along and see the trees and have a hot drink whilst supporting BB.

We had a great time tonight at the lantern procession and carol service. There were lots of lovely lanterns on display. And it was great to see so many on the parade and in church on such a cold night.

Thanks to everyone who was involved in organising it. 👍👏

We are back at church Tomo from 10am for the Christmas Tree Festival serving refreshments. As part of our Centenary challenges we will be looking to achieve a target of 100 drinks. We had a good start tonight with 43 cup of hot chocolate bring served.

What a way to start Christmas!

Tonight we held a lantern procession to launch the Christmas Tree Festival. There were over 30 beautifully decorated lanterns on display as we walked around the local area.

This was then followed by a short carol service to get the Christmas festivities off to a great start.

Thank you to everyone who came to the procession and service, to everyone who decorated a lantern and a Christmas Tree. A big thank you to Matt for playing the organ and piano. And to Julie for organising the service.

You can come and see the Christmas trees and lanterns that will be on display for the next few weekends.

Tonight, we will be taking part in the lantern procession and carol service.

Our Christmas trees are all decorated and the lanterns we have made are looking great.

The lantern procession is at 6.30pm and the carol service is at 7.15pm. Everyone is welcome, so please come along to see how good the lanterns and trees are.

What a great way to start Christmas!

The trees look great. We are looking forward to the lantern procession later. 👍👏

It's definitely looking a lot like Christmas now!

Last night the finishing touches for this years Christmas Tree Festival were completed and there are some wonderful and innovative Christmas Trees this year.

A lot of hard work has gone in by many to create the trees and the lanterns and they are all worth a look.

So, come and join us for the lantern procession at 6.30pm followed by a carol service at 7.15pm. All are welcome.

We are at:

Wesley Methodist Church
291 High Street
West Bromwich

Well done. We are looking forward to Friday. 👍

It was a busy night tonight as we prepared the church for the Christmas Tree Festival.

The trees will go up over the next couple of days in time for the launch on Friday evening with the Lantern Procession and carol service.

A big thank you to everyone who helped get the church ready tonight.

Calling all supporters of the 5th West Bromwich Company and all badge Collectors.

To celebrate our 100 years of a BB Company, we have designed and produced a limited edition commemorative Centenary pin badge.

They would make a great Christmas present and a great addition for any badge collector.

If you would like to purchase a badge, they are £4 each (& p&p £1.50). Just send a PM and we can arrange payment/delivery.

All proceeds will go to Company funds to continue the great work that the 5th provide to our young people.

NB: Badges will be available to purchase at our Christmas Tree Festival on Saturday 2nd, 9th & 16th December 2023.

We had a busy night tonight.

As one of our Centenary Challenges, Juniors and Company Section wrote out 100 BB Christmas cards. These will be distributed to a number of care homes in time for Christmas. We hope they bring a little joy to the recipients.

As we had such a good time last week with the archery, we decided to do it again. And the evening finished with a game of chair skittles.

Fridays soon roll round.

We are meeting tonight with plenty of things planned.

Hope you have the dates in your diary. 🎄🌲

The countdown is on...

Harry has been on his travels again and had a great day at National Trust Cliveden in Buckinghamshire, playing in the leaves and making new friends.

Well done to Bailey, Cameron, Bobby, Jacob, Joshua and Oscar. You played really well today and were a credit to the Company.

A great morning of ten pin bowling followed by refreshments.

Thank you to Mid-Staffs and Sandwell Battalion for organising the event and thanks to Tamworth Baptist Church for the food. 👍👏 Everyone had a great time.

Having a great time at the bowling.

This morning we are joining other Companies in the Mid-Staffs and Sandwell Battalion for our Battalion Ten Pin Bowling day in Tamworth.

After the bowling, we will go on to Tamworth Baptist Church for refreshments including fantastic hotdogs!

Tonight, our Junior and Company Sections had a great time taking part in the Mid-Staffs and Sandwell Battalion Company Challenge. A number of challenges were completed and the evening finished with archery.

The results will be sent in soon and we will see how well we have done.

It's Friday!...

Tonight we have a number of challenges to complete as part of the Mid-Staffs and Sandwell Battalion Company Challenge.

Wish us luck.

Christmas is coming...

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Happy Birthday your Majesty.

Wishing His Majesty The King a very happy 75th birthday today!

Date for your diary...

To celebrate the 100 years of the 5th West Bromwich Company, on Sunday 17 March 2024 we will be holding a Centenary Thanksgiving Service at Wesley Church at 6.15pm.

Before the service, from 4pm we will be hosting a "get together" with refreshments. This will be an opportunity to meet up with friends, young and old from the 5th.

Everyone is welcome to come and join us.

A couple of photos from the Remembrance Sunday Parade this morning. And then a photo in front of the Three Degrees statue in West Bromwich that shows the West Bromwich Albion players Laurie Cunningham, Brendon Batson and Cyrille Regis.

Remembrance Sunday...even though the weather is not great, we are attending the Remembrance Sunday Parade at Dartmouth Park. Thank you to all the lads that have turned up.

We will remember them.

Tomorrow members of the Junior Section and Company Section will be attending the Remembrance Sunday Parade and Service to be held at Dartmouth Park.

We feel this is an important event to attend and mark such a significant time of year. We meet at Church at 10.15. Please feel free to join us.

Last night we were painting our designs for the lanterns for the lantern procession on the 1 December as part of this year's Christmas Tree Festival. They look great! Well done boys.

We then played basketball 🏀.

It's Friday! Where has that week gone.

We meet again and looking forward to another great evening.

We will remember them.

As part of our Centenary celebration, one of our 100 Challenges is to distribute 100 poppy stones.

This afternoon at Old Church Cemetery and Heath Lane Cemetery in West Bromwich, poppy stones painted by our young people, were placed on Commonwealth War Graves and other graves marking those who gave the ultimate sacrifice or who have served their country.

More poppy stones will be placed out over the next few weeks at Heath Lane Cemetery and other areas around West Bromwich.

Poppies are up at our Church.

We will be attending the Remembrance Parade on Sunday 12th November at Dartmouth Park.

We Will Remember Them.

Last night we had a couple of small campfires for bonfire night. We made the campfire bread twists from BB Resources then cooked them over the fires. We also had sparklers and fireworks. It was another great evening.

Even though it is half term, we are still meeting tonight. Hope the weather stays dry.

Lest we forget.

This time of year a lot of Companies would be going to their annual camp. For some it would their first experience of being under canvas and sometimes their first time from home.

But many memories are made at camp and everlasting friendship's. Here are a few memories of the 5th's camps.

Tonight was our last night of the session before we break up for the summer school holidays. We started with making s'mores... mmm delicious! We then finished with a game of football.

We hope you all have a good summer break and we look forward to seeing you all back with us in September for the start of our Centenary year!