 A scheme that involved lighting up the public buildings and parks around the city was implemented.Upon his retirement from the Birmingham Civic Society, in 1947, Haywood was awarded the Society's prestigious Gold Medal for his 29 years service as Honorary Secretary.Haywood lived at 245 Bristol Road, Edgbaston, from 1915 to his death in 1957; it is near the junction with Priory Road going out of the city.