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by Foreverly Claret
Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: For Foreverly Claret, Upanatem, Wo Didi,Slough claret
Replies: 3
Views: 554

Re: For Foreverly Claret, Upanatem, Wo Didi,Slough claret

Hi George

Sorry to mess you about...I know I can't get you on gmail...or you get me .Try 01924 400126 .

FC
by Foreverly Claret
Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New York
Replies: 63
Views: 3378

Re: New York

It's 2 or three years since I was there but there are some great places for breakfast..which will set you up for the day We found the Galaxy Diner ( 9th Avenue / W 46th street ) and , if you like Chinese you've got to give China Town a go..great value when I went. Sounds like you've got an agenda pl...
by Foreverly Claret
Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Goin’ Down Th’Imp
Replies: 42
Views: 4598

Re: Goin’ Down Th’Imp

Hi There


Thanks for that .I think we may have met once but I buy the books he writes so he'll have me on his database.I live in Heckmondwike ..email....clive.les@btinternet.com .
by Foreverly Claret
Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Goin’ Down Th’Imp
Replies: 42
Views: 4598

Re: Goin’ Down Th’Imp

Hi George I have problems with G mail...don't know why...nobody seems to be able to sort it...I can't send or receive .I really want the book .I live in west Yorkshire not far from Rodley Dave so if he was willing to help we could communicate re collection / payment via him .If you can think of an e...
by Foreverly Claret
Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Goin’ Down Th’Imp
Replies: 42
Views: 4598

Re: Goin’ Down Th’Imp

I've been trying to find an original for years .Very interested in your project .Great times at the Imp..last band I saw before moving to Leeds was the Zombies.Put me down for one
by Foreverly Claret
Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Francis Lee has died
Replies: 48
Views: 5453

Re: Francis Lee has died

CleggHall wrote:
Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:19 pm
Have just dug out a programme Lancs v Yorks schoolboys, 13 March 1959, Gigg Lane, number 7 for Lancs was LEE (Horwich and
Westhoughton) - some career that!
RIP
Loved the way he played.Which school did he go to ? I'm sure I played against him 1956/57
by Foreverly Claret
Mon Aug 21, 2023 11:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hearing Aid advice
Replies: 12
Views: 972

Re: Hearing Aid advice

We paid £ 2500 for a pair for my wife earlier this year .I wasn't sure about the deal then and after 6 months I'm even less sure .They are the type that fits right inside your ear with no other anchorage and we've already lost one twice..fortunately on both occasions we found it in the house .I want...
by Foreverly Claret
Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your favourite line from a song is
Replies: 250
Views: 15309

Re: Your favourite line from a song is

Kris Kristofferson : Somebody Nobody Knows Down in the gutter An old man is lying Like something the world threw away The late crowd is leaving But none of them even Takes time to look down Where he lays The old man is crying And desperately trying To wipe off the dirt from his clothes He's one of t...
by Foreverly Claret
Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your favourite line from a song is
Replies: 250
Views: 15309

Re: Your favourite line from a song is

If there's any room
in your heart left for me
Darling don't let our love die

Everly Brothers
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: When was your first served beer?
Replies: 146
Views: 8158

Re: When was your first served beer?

1960.Aged 15.Used to go to a youth club most Friday nights at Salem congregational church on Manchester Road .With my best mate Canada Claret , we used to nip out to a little pub on Hammerton Street for a pint .Can't remember its name and have no idea if its still there but we never had a problem ge...
by Foreverly Claret
Wed Aug 09, 2023 6:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Help-bad planning but need a bar to watch match in fuengirla g
Replies: 8
Views: 421

Re: Help-bad planning but need a bar to watch match in fuengirla g

Hi

Why don't you get the train to Benalmadena and meet up with the Clarets' fans in the Underground Bar..great people .You'll be made really welcome .I'll be there in November.
by Foreverly Claret
Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bobby Collins
Replies: 12
Views: 2323

Re: Bobby Collins

They that live by the sword...... I went to work in Leeds in 1963 and , having bugger all to do at nights ,I sometimes went to Elland Road if there was a match on. I saw Collins deliberately flatten Derek Dougan who was playing for Peterborough I think. He got in close and jumped up catching Dougan ...
by Foreverly Claret
Thu May 04, 2023 7:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 63 years ago today
Replies: 54
Views: 3265

Re: 63 years ago today

I was seriously p******d off. My dad, who worked for the Burnley Express wouldn't let me go to Maine Road because he said they'd heard that loads of Wolves fans were going and that there would be trouble if we won .I remember going up to the top of Manchester Road ( we used to call it the Summit in ...
by Foreverly Claret
Wed May 03, 2023 7:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How many old 'uns/over 60's post on here?
Replies: 167
Views: 7112

Re: How many old 'uns/over 60's post on here?

78...79 in November .Where did it all go ? Was on the " Tommy Cummings " game with my late dad and uncle George and my cousin Graham Lord who went on to play left back for Accrington Stanley before retiring after breaking his leg badly.He was my boyhood hero .When Burnley weren't at home on a Saturd...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!
Replies: 151
Views: 9052

Re: Favourite Proper Lancashire Sayings!!

My mum


"What's for tea ? "...what you can catch

" Why can't I ....?"...That's why !


My dad...about one of our neighbours


" Arse like a boiler end ! " I never really knew what a boiler end was like...still don't !!
by Foreverly Claret
Sun Oct 23, 2022 5:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Norwich and Reading game in Marbella
Replies: 13
Views: 940

Re: Norwich and Reading game in Marbella

Any tips . Staying between Marbs and Banus so can get to either. Champions league Tuesday so might struggle at the usuals - portside and linekars. Was wondering if there’s a dedicated clarets bar anywhere like the one in Benalmadina. Where's the one in Benalmadena ? I'll be there when the Rotherham...
by Foreverly Claret
Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:09 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ray Pointer
Replies: 44
Views: 3741

Re: Ray Pointer

Lovely bloke.When I was a kid growing up in burnley , I lived on Romney avenue where .there was a little park bordered by Reynolds Street ; Romney avenue and Moorlands Road .It had two fairly big grassy areas which we treated as our Wembley Stadium .Ray and Jimmy Robson often used to join us for a k...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon Oct 03, 2022 7:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Love Me Do
Replies: 40
Views: 2276

Re: Love Me Do

Whilst I might have played the bath brush in front of the mirror to Beatles songs, I preferred The Searchers. Contrary am I. [Not contrary at all.I liked the Beatles but I thought other groups gave them a good run for their dosh...Searchers ,Hollies , Fourmost, Gerry, Big Three. Puts me in mind of ...
by Foreverly Claret
Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bowel cancer testing kits
Replies: 23
Views: 1632

Re: Bowel cancer testing kits

I'm over 75 now so I don't get them any more but I remember the happy times catching the turds in toilet paper and , invariably , on the occasion it would be a real bum splitter !!! Happy days ! Seriously DO IT .They found blood in mine and I had a colonoscopy within 3 weeks... clear thank goodness ...
by Foreverly Claret
Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Worried About the Price Cap?
Replies: 370
Views: 14932

Re: Worried About the Price Cap?

EVERYBODY should be worried about it whether you can afford it or not !!! For two reasons. Firstly , there are going to be millions who can't afford it if there is no help. Aren't you worried about them ? Secondly , even if you can afford it you can't spend the money twice so paying the increase to ...
by Foreverly Claret
Wed Aug 17, 2022 11:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Possession Cup
Replies: 113
Views: 5795

Re: Possession Cup

We're lacking a bit of guile .Question is how do you turn 77% possession into wins ? it's that last through ball to a decent striker who can capitalise...the one the opposition aren't expecting >Work in progress at the moment and you can't grumble if we are keeping the ball...the other lot can't do ...
by Foreverly Claret
Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 45 years ago today ....
Replies: 27
Views: 1709

Re: 45 years ago today ....

Remember it really well and lots of associated things. I was 32 and I worked for a pensions / life assurance company in Leeds .I had been asked to work in Nottingham for a couple of weeks because my counterpart at the Nottingham branch was off with a nervous breakdown .I was staying at a pub in the ...
by Foreverly Claret
Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tom Daley
Replies: 125
Views: 6032

Re: Tom Daley

As the VERY proud father of a gay 32 year old daughter , the programme frightened me as have some of the posts on here .Attitudes in Pakistan and the Middle East are fairly common knowledge but I was surprised by what I learned about some other places such as Jamaica and Nigeria fostered to a large ...
by Foreverly Claret
Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your favourite line from a song is
Replies: 250
Views: 15309

Re: Your favourite line from a song is

If there's any room in your heart left for me

darling don't let our love die

Everly Brothers : album Heartaches and Harmonies
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:21 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pies .Why Hollands?
Replies: 105
Views: 6019

Re: Pies .Why Hollands?

When I come over to the matches I park on Lyndhurst Road and make my way across to Brunshaw Road via Lebanon Street. There's an off licence shop right across and they used to sell bloody marvellous meat and potato pies .It changed hands and the new owner doesn't sell pies anymore...don't know who ba...
by Foreverly Claret
Sat Jun 11, 2022 9:50 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cost of Living
Replies: 198
Views: 12029

Re: Cost of Living

It's not the big increases that surprise me..they're usually well documented in the media . Its the many little things .I was doing our shopping in Tesco yesterday and I usually buy an apple pie .Last week I paid £ 1.25 for the pleasure...yesterday it was £ 1.50..that's a 20% increase in a week ! My...
by Foreverly Claret
Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wout Weghorst
Replies: 615
Views: 53638

Re: Wout Weghorst

I happen to think he'd grab a bagful in the Championship BUT we've got to be as certain as we can be about attitude .We're going to need 100% commitment in that league...no room whatsoever for doubters from square one so if the cap doesn't fit then Bye Bye and take your chances elsewhere...if you ca...
by Foreverly Claret
Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Nick Pope...Where Does He Rank In Burnley's Pantheon of Keepers
Replies: 36
Views: 2090

Re: Nick Pope...Where Does He Rank In Burnley's Pantheon of Keepers

I have been fortunate to see lots of GREAT Goalkeepers at Burnley. MacDonald. - Blacklaw - Heaton - Stevenson but imo Nick Pope is the best of the lot. Agreed..some great saves come to mind..Blacklaw kept us in it at Hillsborough in the FA Cup 196? ; Heats at Old Trafford but I think Nick shaves it...
by Foreverly Claret
Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ben Mee Leaving !
Replies: 360
Views: 24042

Re: Ben Mee Leaving !

This is getting worse and worse ! Snowball effect .Perhaps we should be thinking about who DOES want to stay .When are we going to get something positive ? ...PLEASE
by Foreverly Claret
Tue May 24, 2022 10:37 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What a difference 15 months makes !!!!
Replies: 23
Views: 2344

Re: What a difference 15 months makes !!!!

42 Million in bank Cat 1 academy Long standing manager Premier League status TODAY 102 Million in debt Downgraded academy No manager Relegated to championship 65m loan to be paid by ?? a fire sale of players ? a whip round at cats whiskers roundabout ? WOW Mind boggling .You couldn't make it up .Ho...
by Foreverly Claret
Tue May 24, 2022 10:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What a difference 15 months makes !!!!
Replies: 23
Views: 2344

Re: What a difference 15 months makes !!!!

It doesn't have to be that bad Kenyon, I'm a little bit on the fence with Pace, none of us know the truth of the deal and he seems to want to do well for the club. However that aside, if he and the board box clever we can bounce straight back and hopefully learn from some of our mistakes, the first...
by Foreverly Claret
Tue May 24, 2022 10:14 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: We are going up
Replies: 29
Views: 4214

Re: We are going up

I'd love to know which of our U23s are going to tear up the Championship Yes, I've mentioned this on another thread. If we were unwilling to splash what was needed to stay in the Prem I can't see that this will change in the Championship when we're faced with this very strange financial mess we see...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon May 23, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How are you feeling this morning.
Replies: 119
Views: 6307

Re: How are you feeling this morning.

Yesterday / this morning , for me , it was desolation about the defeat after a poor performance and , of course , the drop .This afternoon it's a more measured view but the overriding feeling is of apprehension about who we're going to have left that can do a job over 46 Championship games ( happy t...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon May 23, 2022 2:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Goals / Draws
Replies: 1
Views: 411

Goals / Draws

I'm gutted this morning..I know I'll get over it .Stating the obvious..it's all about goals . Consider these league " positions ". Goals against.....13th Goal difference.....15th Goals scored......18th You could say that our defence did quite well overall. Draws...14...only two cubs drew more games ...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon May 23, 2022 9:41 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Callum WILSON
Replies: 62
Views: 5689

Callum WILSON

Why are some footballers such incredible knob heads? After he took his excellent penalty why did he need to come and antagonise the fans in the JM lower..stupid grins and obscene hand gestures really winding us up in an already highly charged atmosphere .Why couldn't he just turn and make his way ba...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon May 23, 2022 9:34 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How are you feeling this morning.
Replies: 119
Views: 6307

Re: How are you feeling this morning.

I'm actually feeling a lot worse than I thought I would...GUTTED. Someone once mentioned " fine margins " and if you look at some of the draws that should have been wins ( 2 points lost each time ) you have to agree. What makes it worse for me is the prospects for the future..the reported financial ...
by Foreverly Claret
Sun May 22, 2022 10:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Wood - End of game
Replies: 60
Views: 7662

Re: Chris Wood - End of game

I didn't get the booing ,I think the lad did very well for us looking at his stay overall but what do we expect if a club comes swinging through the trees with an offer that nets you a signing on fee of £ 1m + and doubles your wages ? He didn't ask to go...he was ASKED to go .Granted it all happened...
by Foreverly Claret
Sun May 22, 2022 10:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liberated
Replies: 71
Views: 5779

Re: Liberated

I wondered last night how I would feel if we went down..I know now...GUTTED . Much worse than I thought it would be. It's the financial side of things that worries me most..I just don't trust the new owners .Can't see it being a bounce back job. Hope I'm wrong . A better title for the thread would h...
by Foreverly Claret
Sat May 21, 2022 10:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Triple lock Pensions
Replies: 58
Views: 3836

Re: Triple lock Pensions

Think we will be kissing goodbye to this rise linked to inflation in our pensions come next April,how is Boris and his cronies going explain away that one,or will there be an early election in 2023 and they will pay it us to sweeten us up,surely they can't renegade on it again.....can they? We kiss...
by Foreverly Claret
Sat May 21, 2022 10:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Triple lock Pensions
Replies: 58
Views: 3836

Re: Triple lock Pensions

Most pensioners are already well off, and many can't even spend the money they get currently Here we go again...wealthy pensioner here...oops i forgot that I STILL pay a whack of tax and for over 45 years working life paid a raft of tax and national insurance and when I go into my nursing home I'll...
by Foreverly Claret
Wed May 11, 2022 10:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Beware of " free " bets
Replies: 22
Views: 2070

Beware of " free " bets

Anyone on here help me...I know there are a few fans who subscribe to the Board who like a bet. Background .I have an account with William Hill...with about £ 100 in it. I backed the winner of the Grand National. Because I backed the winner WH gave me a free £ 10 bet . They said I had until 14/05 to...
by Foreverly Claret
Wed May 11, 2022 5:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Gerrard on Jon Moss
Replies: 30
Views: 3269

Re: Gerrard on Jon Moss

I've said this before...loads of times...the guy should stick to selling vinyl in his shop in Headingley Didn't see last night's effort but nothing would surprise me about that guy...other than how he got the job in the first place .
by Foreverly Claret
Mon May 09, 2022 8:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dennis Waterman
Replies: 44
Views: 3656

Re: Dennis Waterman

Good singer too.Loved the intro / exit music for New tricks .Rock on dennis
by Foreverly Claret
Thu May 05, 2022 12:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley Football Club - first accounts under ALK
Replies: 659
Views: 38130

Re: Burnley Football Club - first accounts under ALK

The accounts for the Burnley Football and Athletic Company Limited are now available https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00054222/filing-history Just had a quick look through these accounts and , given my pre retirement background , what leaps off the page to me is th...
by Foreverly Claret
Wed May 04, 2022 1:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Barry Kilby
Replies: 44
Views: 6342

Re: Barry Kilby

Really nice , ordinary sort of guy. I remember some years ago I sponsored a pre match lunch for a dozen or so of our clients and whilst we were eating the match was postponed because of high winds and safety concerns in the JM upper .Barry came in and assured everybody that we could stay as long as ...
by Foreverly Claret
Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Atkinson and Moss to retire
Replies: 25
Views: 1985

Re: Atkinson and Moss to retire

Moss should stick to selling records in headingley .Always **** myself when he refs us
by Foreverly Claret
Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 3 favourite Burnley goals ever?
Replies: 83
Views: 3690

Re: 3 favourite Burnley goals ever?

Some great goals over the years and my choice will show my age but here goes Brian Pilkington...2nd goal v Hamburg Robbie Blake...35 yard free kick v Preston..year ? Wade...Wembley I was also on the Turf for the Tommy Cummings goal in 1952 but I was only 7 and I can't remember it in detail so I'm no...
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Apr 15, 2022 9:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Have the chances of a positive result on Sunday
Replies: 24
Views: 2028

Re: Have the chances of a positive result on Sunday

PACE must think so . Either that or he is living in Cloud Cuckoo Land . BUT There are 7 more games after Sunday
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Apr 15, 2022 9:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: An opportunity or a disaster?
Replies: 14
Views: 1183

Re: An opportunity or a disaster?

DISASTER...how could it be anything else with eight games to go ?
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: It will become one of those do you remember where you were moments.
Replies: 45
Views: 1923

Re: It will become one of those do you remember where you were moments.

Eating my lunch watching the mid-day news on BBC 1 .Phone hasn't stopped ringing since...by no means all Burnley fans .My Burnley mates were nonplussed and most of the opposition were gobsmacked .Pace is clearly desperate .I fear for our future .seventy years a claret and I can't remember feeling so...