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by Brunlea
Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:22 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Madrid City Break/Real Madrid tickets
Replies: 12
Views: 777

Re: Madrid City Break/Real Madrid tickets

Madrid is a great city and relatively easy to get around. Usual warning with Spanish cities to be aware of pickpockets and distraction thefts. Would second what an earlier poster said about the market next to Plaza Mayor it’s well worth a visit the food and drink available is amazing. With regard to...
by Brunlea
Sat Aug 05, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Anyone remember Buzz ?
Replies: 37
Views: 3337

Re: Anyone remember Buzz ?

Don’t remember buzz but thought the ‘Walter’ at the bus station was ‘Walter snakeface’ and wasn’t ‘wandering Walter’ a local club act a comedian I think? maybe wrong
by Brunlea
Thu Feb 09, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: As a kid, I remember....
Replies: 182
Views: 7615

Re: As a kid, I remember....

Here goes The Mexican bandit guy I think was called Patrick Carlisle? Helping Les from the paper shop in Hammerton St loaf all his stock into the back of his van every night as he had most burgled shop in north west! Telling park warden (yogi) he couldn’t touch us cos we weren’t in park then park wa...
by Brunlea
Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Vialli
Replies: 43
Views: 2635

Re: Vialli

As people have mentioned watching football Italia on a Sunday watching him for Juventus away at Milan constantly running up and down getting nothing then one chance and it’s in the net. He was a great player loved watching him.
by Brunlea
Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:00 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!
Replies: 151
Views: 9046

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

Mentioned this a while back but when clearing up at home with Mrs B told her she “had more shoes than soft mick” which is something my mum used to say to me donkeys years ago
by Brunlea
Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Thoughts on the Transfer Window
Replies: 39
Views: 2658

Re: Thoughts on the Transfer Window

I think it has been the sort of transfer window we needed to reset. As far as I can see the focus is on up and coming talent and the club has not been risk averse. I am genuinely excited for next season but the reset also has to apply to us as fans and maybe don’t expect a return to the PL too soon....
by Brunlea
Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rocky RIP
Replies: 224
Views: 19530

Re: Rocky RIP

You know one of those random memories that flashes through your mind from time to time and it makes you smile or laugh out loud well one of mine is of Rocky away at Palace absolutely losing it at the ref and me looking at the expressions on my then 8 and 11 year old boys faces who had never seen any...
by Brunlea
Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: One Artist One Song PlayList
Replies: 198
Views: 6059

Re: One Artist One Song PlayList

Toto- Georgy Porgy
by Brunlea
Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Temptations Papa was a Rolling Stone 50 years ago!
Replies: 7
Views: 581

Re: Temptations Papa was a Rolling Stone 50 years ago!

Remember when I first heard this song thought it was the coolest thing I had ever heard.
by Brunlea
Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cressida Dick.
Replies: 175
Views: 11274

Re: Cressida Dick.

From my own experience the met have some of the worst officers in the UK conversely they also have some of the best. It is a huge organisation and any change can be painfully slow. The next choice of commissioner has to be someone who actually knows the many complexities of policing and has a proven...
by Brunlea
Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Well at least
Replies: 28
Views: 2727

Re: Well at least

In previous seasons apart from one we have reached safety then fallen away. This season we need to perform right up to the end then you never know!UTC
by Brunlea
Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Health and safety when you were a child.
Replies: 55
Views: 3216

Re: Health and safety when you were a child.

String even!
by Brunlea
Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:50 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Health and safety when you were a child.
Replies: 55
Views: 3216

Re: Health and safety when you were a child.

Soap box derby on Hammerton Street when racing from top down past church to car park on/in a combination of old pram wheels, wood and spring!
by Brunlea
Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Worst/best accent
Replies: 81
Views: 5789

Re: Worst/best accent

Love the Nottinghamshire accent (e.g. Flip in Made in England) mainly because unlike most accents it is really hard to mimic.
Worst is got to be the London accent where you get a young lad from Kingston SW London trying to sound like he is from Kingston Jamaica!
by Brunlea
Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 25yrs today since that Kevin Keegan rant..
Replies: 10
Views: 1152

Re: 25yrs today since that Kevin Keegan rant..

Like lots of us I remember this well. At the time KK got a lock of stick and questioning from fans and media with the general consensus being he had lost it. Personally I found it refreshing and a great display of passion and most of all honestly. At that time managers and politicians lied to fans a...
by Brunlea
Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your standout memory
Replies: 54
Views: 3598

Re: Your standout memory

For me it was the 1970 FA cup replay against Chelsea at TM. It was just a great football night . The ground (three sided at time) was absolutely rammed. Floodlights and bit of damp/mist in the air. It was one of my first games and although we lost it absolutely hooked me in and all these years later...
by Brunlea
Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: James McClean
Replies: 78
Views: 4351

Re: James McClean

Not sure about this bloke in some ways I admire him sticking to his principles and yet part of me suspects that he deliberately goes out out of his way, at times, to antagonise people but with that said he should not receive the abuse that he does.
by Brunlea
Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is Toney Dyche’s ideal striker
Replies: 37
Views: 4771

Re: Is Toney Dyche’s ideal striker

Claret Toney?
by Brunlea
Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lower Towneley Playing Fields
Replies: 61
Views: 6057

Re: Lower Towneley Playing Fields

Lower Towneley and Prairie pitches were like Wembley compared to Cherry Fold!
by Brunlea
Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BFC TRANSFER NEWS SUMMER/AUTUMN 2020 (MUST CONTAIN LINK)
Replies: 5338
Views: 708089

Re: BFC TRANSFER NEWS SUMMER 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)

Meant “it’s that predictive text again”
by Brunlea
Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BFC TRANSFER NEWS SUMMER/AUTUMN 2020 (MUST CONTAIN LINK)
Replies: 5338
Views: 708089

Re: BFC TRANSFER NEWS SUMMER 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)

Sorry is that productive text again !!
by Brunlea
Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BFC TRANSFER NEWS SUMMER/AUTUMN 2020 (MUST CONTAIN LINK)
Replies: 5338
Views: 708089

Re: BFC TRANSFER NEWS SUMMER 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)

Great bit of business if we sign Stephens an “oven ready” replacement for Hendricks. It’s not a progressive signing but will solve a problem that needs to solved now. That said like most of us I am hoping for more and unlike many I am confident that we will. UTC
by Brunlea
Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Last night of the Proms
Replies: 468
Views: 23245

Re: Last night of the Proms

Some interesting views on this subject and personally I don’t see any harm in people joining in a noisy rendition of a couple of songs that celebrate our rich history. My point is though that a couple of posters have highlighted perfectly that the media engineer many situations (this being a perfect...
by Brunlea
Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Reminiscing
Replies: 108
Views: 6901

Re: Reminiscing

Walking down to building near Mitre for school dinners from old Holy Trinity school smelling whatever was happening at Massey brewery. Watching off duty mill workers going into Ponderosa Club (?) dressed as cowboys. Taking old clothes/rags to be weighed at a place in Plumb Lane(?) for pennies. Walte...
by Brunlea
Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Swing Low....
Replies: 87
Views: 5392

Re: Swing Low....

It’s interesting the way these things are reported. In one paper the reporters implied the song was adopted by the rugby supporters when we had two outstanding black wingers which is not correct as I can remember it being sung in a local rugby club in 70s. A lot of the media on all sides seem to be ...
by Brunlea
Tue May 12, 2020 8:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Old local sayings
Replies: 131
Views: 14797

Re: Old local sayings

Thanks for info didn't think Google would have had that! Will have a look.
by Brunlea
Tue May 12, 2020 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Old local sayings
Replies: 131
Views: 14797

Old local sayings

Was doing a lockdown tidy up with Mrs B yesterday and said to her that she " had more shoes than soft Mick" which puzzled her and made her laugh. The reason I mention it is it was something my mum used to say when I was a kid ( I am over 60) she was of Irish descent but I am sure it's local to Burnl...
by Brunlea
Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Piers Morgan
Replies: 62
Views: 7465

Re: Piers Morgan

His style is to bully and shout at people particularly public servants. He has demeaned some very well respected people who won't go on his programme again. He doesn't often front up to people who can and will fight back and you can see he changes his style to suit. He does make the odd good point b...
by Brunlea
Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley and Dundee
Replies: 32
Views: 5183

Burnley and Dundee

Sorry if this has been discussed before I left Burnley in my late teens but in early 70’s had a Sunday paper round on the then new Trafalgar flats. There were lots of people living there who had moved down from Dundee to work at the then flourishing a Michelin tyre factory. Have often wondered if in...
by Brunlea
Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Oldham - Acapulco of the North West
Replies: 13
Views: 2638

Re: Oldham - Acapulco of the North West

Great post love looking at stuff like that and now I see where Steve Coogan got his inspiration for Alan Partridge!!!
by Brunlea
Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ben Mee
Replies: 144
Views: 10137

Re: Ben Mee

If you don't do much you never make mistakes he is a great defender
by Brunlea
Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: MASSIVE Result
Replies: 98
Views: 9367

Re: MASSIVE Result

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She predicted 2-1!! UTC
by Brunlea
Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Gibson wants to leave Burnley
Replies: 95
Views: 11190

Re: Gibson wants to leave Burnley

Looking at rumours I think:
Gibson goes and we sign McKenna from Aberdeen loaning them Dunne
by Brunlea
Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:14 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team of the 70s on YouTube
Replies: 23
Views: 3854

Re: Team of the 70s on YouTube

Wow thanks for posting that I am a man of a certain age and that took me right back to a great time in my life. Loved it!
by Brunlea
Thu Dec 19, 2019 5:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best DISCO Record of all time...
Replies: 36
Views: 3050

Re: Best DISCO Record of all time...

Lot of mentions for Donna Summer on here if you like her then have a listen to her ‘Four Seasons of Love’ album
by Brunlea
Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Graham Norton
Replies: 33
Views: 4240

Re: Graham Norton

I have been lucky/unlucky to be in the company of high profile individuals during my working life. I always made a mental note of how they treated me or other people who were working for them or with them. I saw how Graham Norton treated a driver who was picking him up at Heathrow and he was courteo...
by Brunlea
Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Does anyone here read the Sun newspaper?
Replies: 51
Views: 7242

Re: Does anyone here read the Sun newspaper?

I don’t read the sun but to be honest I very rarely read any newspapers these days. I have lost trust in their agenda led reporting and what can only be described as continual journalistic bullying.
by Brunlea
Fri Aug 23, 2019 5:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Seville
Replies: 14
Views: 2838

Re: Seville

Great city to visit lots to do and see. One piece of advice “check your bill when in Seville” the restaurants particularly in the cathedral area seem to have a habit of adding ghost items to your bill. It happened to us in two restaurants and usually amounts to a few euros so be prepared to query. C...
by Brunlea
Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O/T - Barcelona
Replies: 13
Views: 1661

Re: O/T - Barcelona

Barcelona is a great city but there are a lot of pickpockets and distraction thieves operating. They use every trick in the book from distracting you with children to the simple bump in the street.Would suggest you minimise the amount of credit cards etc that you take out with you.
by Brunlea
Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:50 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Where were you actually born
Replies: 199
Views: 19474

Re: Where were you actually born

Bellshill Maternity 1957 moved to Burnley 7 years later UTC
by Brunlea
Wed Jun 26, 2019 7:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Things to do in Hamburg
Replies: 26
Views: 2998

Re: Things to do in Hamburg

Great city to visit. Cathedral trip a must. There is also an old Russian sub in the docks which you can look over if that’s your sort part of thing. The fan bar near St.Paulis ground is worth a look. Get a multi ticket for buses and underground to move around it will save you lots of money and time.
by Brunlea
Thu May 30, 2019 12:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Defour looking for new challenge
Replies: 58
Views: 7335

Re: Defour looking for new challenge

Maybe it’s just me but I would like him to commit to us for the season he has been well treated by the club and well paid for not really doing a lot imo
by Brunlea
Wed May 29, 2019 11:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Never Trust
Replies: 45
Views: 4195

Re: Never Trust

A man who tucks his shirt into his underpants!
by Brunlea
Fri May 17, 2019 5:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: I like Boris Johnson but..
Replies: 64
Views: 5743

Re: I like Boris Johnson but..

Another politician who makes cardinal Richelieu look a loyal sort of bloke!
by Brunlea
Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: That Was a Brilliant Performance
Replies: 28
Views: 3774

Re: That Was a Brilliant Performance

Looking at comments in press and bbc website there are lots of comments saying what a negative team we are and how Chelsea were the only ones playing foot ball etc etc and blah blah blah. I sometimes wonder if some of these fans have ever played football or been members of a team. I have played foot...
by Brunlea
Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 24 Hours in Police Custody
Replies: 83
Views: 9201

Re: 24 Hours in Police Custody

Normally enjoy it but last couple of weeks has highlighted that when faced with more complex cases that may require more probing interviews or enquiries a lot of the officers were totally out of their depth. This may just have been a resource/training issue but it’s an area the police need to streng...
by Brunlea
Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lucas sports
Replies: 1
Views: 1169

Re: Lucas sports

Enjoyed that brought a lot of memories back for me about Lucas in general. My mum worked for them and as a kid I benefited from their staff activities with their Christmas party at the ‘Cats Whiskers/Mecca no less and their summer party at Reedley. Friends of mine were apprentices and that set them ...
by Brunlea
Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rondon
Replies: 25
Views: 4028

Re: Rondon

Couldn’t agree more
by Brunlea
Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: So what's the plan
Replies: 16
Views: 2062

Re: So what's the plan

I know it was probably filmed in July but a few beers then a bit of ‘Hootenany’ for me ( please note that is not a euphinism!) HappyNew Year to to my Clarets mates
by Brunlea
Thu Dec 13, 2018 4:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Barry Fry
Replies: 7
Views: 2073

Re: Barry Fry

Next years king of the jungle!