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by Foreverly Claret
Fri Apr 15, 2022 5:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Thank you, Sean
Replies: 103
Views: 6885

Re: Thank you, Sean

Thank you Sean for your gargantuan efforts on our behalf whilst we've been in and out of the Prem .Given the resources you were given I think it was nothing less than a miracle .I thought we were going to go down this year but believed that with you at the helm we would bounce back again .I wish you...
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Name the next manager
Replies: 4376
Views: 380180

Re: Name the next manager

DUFF
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Big news coming soon from the Turf (Sean Dyche sacked)
Replies: 1146
Views: 77458

Re: Big news coming soon from the Turf (Sean Dyche sacked)

Hadn't heard about this but saw it on the 1 o'clock news..unbelievable..I'm gutted .For me it's a jimmy mac type moment . crazy timing..I didn't have much hope of avoiding the drop but if it was going to be avoided it was SD who would do it .Don't see how the timing of this can be justified and it w...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:08 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dyche is still the man for the job without a shadow of doubt.
Replies: 412
Views: 18496

Re: Dyche is still the man for the job without a shadow of doubt.

Barring a miracle we are down and I can't think of a better manager to get us back up in quick time...tell me who else there is that you would back against him to achieve that job .We just haven't had the attacking strength we needed this season so the accent has been on defence and we've been up ag...
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: If you had a grand to treat yourself, what would you get
Replies: 75
Views: 4699

Re: If you had a grand to treat yourself, what would you get

I'd put it towards the cost of buying a Gibson J200 guitar
by Foreverly Claret
Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hapton Valley Pit Disaster - 60 years
Replies: 17
Views: 2243

Re: Hapton Valley Pit Disaster - 60 years

I remember it well .I was at the Grammar School in my last year and I know that one of the lads that left a couple of years earlier worked down the pit and survived the explosion .I can't remember his name but I remember him being a great cross country runner and I'm sure that his picture was on the...
by Foreverly Claret
Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: LEEDS BRADFORD AIRPORT
Replies: 113
Views: 11750

LEEDS BRADFORD AIRPORT

Whilst Manchester may well be the airport of choice for Clarets fans going on holiday I do know that LBA is very popular with fans living east of Burnley. Just a heads up to let you know that you need to leave yourself loads of time to get through security because the service is absolutely pathetic ...
by Foreverly Claret
Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:13 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Andrew Marr
Replies: 37
Views: 3892

Re: Andrew Marr

Don't know why they chose her when some of the Newsnight crew would have been much more incisive .Marr was a hard act to follow but somebody like Kirsty Wark or Emily Maitliss would have been much better suited for the job .My own choice would have been Nick Robinson .
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Farewell to Andy Lochhead
Replies: 115
Views: 7081

Re: ARTICLE: Farewell to Andy Lochhead

Oh dear..that's really sad .Fantastic goalscorer and one of the best headers of a ball I've ever seen .He was a great ambassador for the Club and I was privileged to have met him when I sponsored a few games when I was working .I remember a game against Reading in 2004/2005...January i think .I sat ...
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Mar 04, 2022 10:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Trip hazard CCTV pole and kerb on Cricket field road
Replies: 37
Views: 3607

Re: Trip hazard CCTV pole and kerb on Cricket field road

I know from personal experience that BFC do not give a **** about some of the appalling conditions which prevail when we are leaving the ground .Particularly after night matches .I am amazed that HSE haven't been involved but having said that they may well be for all I know .Some of the situations d...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon Feb 07, 2022 8:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: REPORT: Horrible
Replies: 75
Views: 6202

Re: REPORT: Horrible

Excellent report .I was totally depressed ; freezing cold and soaked to the skin in the ground ; couldn't get a drink at half time...got even wetter walking to the car on Lyndhurst Road then sat in a traffic jam from the Kettle Drum to the lights at Cliviger for a good half an hour before slogging m...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon Feb 07, 2022 8:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Renewing season ticket
Replies: 24
Views: 1990

Re: Renewing season ticket

I'm the first to admit that I'm not the least bit " techie " but I'm not thick and I find it almost impossible to negotiate my way round the site .I've just tried to renew STs for my wife and myself and both our seats are shown as having been sold already ! I can't see how this can be right but if i...
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 63 years since Buddy Holly died...
Replies: 23
Views: 1292

Re: 63 years since Buddy Holly died...

I used to live up Rosehill at the time and had a paper round with Fred Rycroft who ran the newsagents / Post Office / library in the parade of shops opposite the Rose and Crown .I was a big Crickets / Holly fan and remember reading about his death on the front page of the Daily Mirror..at the time I...
by Foreverly Claret
Thu Jan 13, 2022 2:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Comfort Zone
Replies: 63
Views: 4132

Re: Comfort Zone

" next level " ; " comfort zone " poor choice of words guaranteed to put our backs up at a time like this .I had actually started to feel sorry for him this season because he's been feeding off scraps when he has proved he can score goals ( Wolves last season ! ) and , deludedly , I had actually beg...
by Foreverly Claret
Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Time to unite.
Replies: 67
Views: 3272

Re: Time to unite.

In Dyche I trust .If you think these are dark times then you've got a very short memory .It's a miracle that we are competing at this level when just down the road a player is rumoured to be on the cusp of a £ 500,000 per week deal .The way the PL is structured we are NEVER going to win it BUT we ca...
by Foreverly Claret
Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: DIY advice
Replies: 9
Views: 1075

Re: DIY advice

That happened to me a couple of years ago .All I did was cover everything....the bare patches and ALL the felt that was left...it didn't look too bad BUT I knew I was getting a new shed 12 months later .
by Foreverly Claret
Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lowton struck by bottle thrown from crowd
Replies: 42
Views: 5263

Re: Lowton struck by bottle thrown from crowd

I used to work in Leeds I'll never get bored of telling people what a shithole that place is and every resident there is an absolute scumbag. I hate the place. Steady on lad .I was born and bred in Burnley and moved over here when I was 18 .Most people other than my first wife would say that I'm no...
by Foreverly Claret
Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Nail your colours to the mast
Replies: 86
Views: 5155

Re: Nail your colours to the mast

I want him to stay and rebuild the squad . Start again , we will have some money and some good young players . Sell who we have to and crack on . Maybe a drop down will be good way to do it . Getting rid of Sean will destabilise us too much . Let him have a crack at building a new team . Agreed. We...
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Dec 31, 2021 1:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Leeds v Burnley
Replies: 30
Views: 1997

Re: Leeds v Burnley

Misread it first time.No doubt about it ...jimmy Mac .Lived just down the road from us and my dad and he worked together when Jimmy's playing days were over .My all time favourite too..like father like son.
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Dec 31, 2021 10:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who was your dad's or grandands favourite non burnley player
Replies: 9
Views: 460

Re: Who was your dad's or grandands favourite non burnley player

Jimmy Scoular..he always used to say that he had legs like tree trunks !
by Foreverly Claret
Sat Dec 11, 2021 1:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Leeds away General info
Replies: 25
Views: 2439

Re: Leeds away General info

hi...If you are getting the train to Bradford Interchange ( a la Burnmark ) I wouldn't bother walking across Bradford to Forster Square to get to Kirkstall Forge... I'd just get the direct train to Leeds ( via Pudsey ...takes about15 - 20 minutes ) there's one at 9.54 and another at 10.15 .Alternati...
by Foreverly Claret
Sat Nov 20, 2021 9:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Recommendations for “dog friendly” pub with good food
Replies: 18
Views: 1474

Re: Recommendations for “dog friendly” pub with good food

Stubbing Wharf Hebden Bridge >Best tuna melt ever..seen loads of dogs in there...great after a walk on the canal bank.
by Foreverly Claret
Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your first ever record
Replies: 141
Views: 11254

Re: Your first ever record

1957...Wake up Little Susie...Don and Phil
by Foreverly Claret
Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Advice - Lake Garda
Replies: 44
Views: 5602

Re: Advice - Lake Garda

We stayed at Desenzano which is a good base for travelling round the lake and on the main railway line from Milan in the west to Venice , Padova and Verona to the east .When I was there the train services were very good indeed..plentiful and cheap and I remember going to Venice and when you come out...
by Foreverly Claret
Sun Oct 10, 2021 7:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park
Replies: 31
Views: 4592

Re: Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park

I really enjoyed that programme .If you go back to the late 50s they performed as Tom & Jerry and had a minor hit with their song " Hey School Girl "..there's an album on the Allegro label which is a bit hard to find...issued in 1967 which consists of all their T & J recordings..it has a really nice...
by Foreverly Claret
Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: LP valuations
Replies: 20
Views: 2612

Re: LP valuations

I buy a lot of records..it's my hobby and I specialise in EPs which I started buying in the early 60s because I couldn't afford LPs .I buy most of my stuff through Discogs and E-Bay but you have to be really careful ( if you can be ) because the grading of sleeves and records is sometimes bloody awf...
by Foreverly Claret
Sun Sep 05, 2021 8:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lesser Known Songs
Replies: 100
Views: 6880

Re: Lesser Known Songs

Don Everly...from the 1966 album In Our Image...a song he wrote himself " It's all over "...beautiful song ,beautifully sung . Picked up later and issued as a single by Cliff Richard.
by Foreverly Claret
Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: off topic (if allowed): Conveyancing recommendations
Replies: 17
Views: 2273

Re: off topic (if allowed): Conveyancing recommendations

Hi there I don't actually live in the area but I'm selling my aunt's bungalow in Colne We're using Anham Nadin of Watson Ramsbottom in Accrington .She took over when the conveyancing company recommended by our estate agent made a complete orchestras of everything.Smashing lady to deal with..really o...
by Foreverly Claret
Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer 2021 Transfer Window Rumours - Links - Discussion
Replies: 10134
Views: 1173978

Re: Maxwell Cornet

Reputedly fee payable in FIVE instalments...wonder how that works ? West Ham and Newcastle supposedly in the frame too..if it comes down to wages can't see us matching them.
by Foreverly Claret
Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Don Everly
Replies: 24
Views: 3406

Re: Don Everly

You'll gather from my user name that I'm a big fan...I have been since I was 13 years old .This is a bad day for me .With his brother Phil arguably one of the best harmony singing duos of all time and a massive influence on so many successful acts .When Phil passed on it wasn't so much of a shock be...
by Foreverly Claret
Sat Jul 24, 2021 1:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best intro to a film
Replies: 56
Views: 4117

Re: Best intro to a film

I agree with salisbury..Saving Private Ryan has to be one of the most harrowing openings I've ever seen
by Foreverly Claret
Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:21 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: VINTAGE CLARETS
Replies: 5
Views: 1472

VINTAGE CLARETS

BIG race today...fingers crossed .Like the look of Majestic Dawn too ( E/W )
by Foreverly Claret
Thu May 27, 2021 7:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: CHELSEA 26/10/2019
Replies: 6
Views: 969

Re: CHELSEA 26/10/2019

Thanks ashington..greatly appreciated
by Foreverly Claret
Thu May 27, 2021 11:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: CHELSEA 26/10/2019
Replies: 6
Views: 969

CHELSEA 26/10/2019

Hello everybody...need some help .

Can some kind person please confirm the kick off time for that match...I seem to remember it was early evening but I need to know for personal reasons when it was so I can work out the approx finish time.

Thanks
by Foreverly Claret
Sat May 22, 2021 8:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The matchday experience last night
Replies: 35
Views: 4808

Re: The matchday experience last night

Well there were times when I was spitting feathers trying to get our tickets but the visit on Wednesday was great.Well organised in JML..in and out..and although we didn't get our normal seats we saw good old friends...made me realise just how much I 've missed visiting The Turf . Seeing the intervi...
by Foreverly Claret
Tue May 18, 2021 12:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry
Replies: 940
Views: 77802

Re: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry

Thank you Leisure for putting me in touch with the supporter liaison people. A wonderful lady called Anita took on my case...she was working for me at 11.30 last night and 20 minutes ago she finally sorted things for us..not our usual seats but who cares ...what an angel...if I could see her I'd giv...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon May 17, 2021 7:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry
Replies: 940
Views: 77802

Re: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets

Hello Leisure...thanks for the link...I've had a response but nothing relevant .I was beginning to think it was me being a cretin but there seem to be so many posters on here with very basic problems..I just want somebody in the ticket Office to tell me how many tickets I won ( through F & F ) is it...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon May 17, 2021 3:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry
Replies: 940
Views: 77802

Re: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets

Thanks leisure. to be honest , I can't remember what I did..I find the website very difficult to manoeuvre BUT the point is I just can't get through to anybody who can help...by phone or e-mail...I really want to go but , as I said , I'm not driving over from Leeds without the codes. It's a shame be...
by Foreverly Claret
Mon May 17, 2021 2:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry
Replies: 940
Views: 77802

Re: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets

This is a nightmare. Didn't get an e-mail so checked Purchase History...BINGO...seat very near where we usually sit..but have I got 2...it says one on Purchase history but I do have the F & f link ...wanted one for the wife as well. But can't get through on the phone to check ..been trying all morni...
by Foreverly Claret
Fri May 14, 2021 5:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry
Replies: 940
Views: 77802

Re: Liverpool game - ballot update

Not a sausage here...have all the e-mails gone out ?
by Foreverly Claret
Thu May 13, 2021 7:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: First major news event you can remember ..
Replies: 133
Views: 10311

Re: First major news event you can remember ..

It's amazing how clear the memories are for so many people about the way they heard the news of JFK's assassination .mine are vivid .It was my 19th birthday .At the time I was working for a bank in Leeds and lived in digs over there .We worked Saturday mornings then and got about 1 in 8 off...and it...
by Foreverly Claret
Thu May 13, 2021 3:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: First major news event you can remember ..
Replies: 133
Views: 10311

Re: First major news event you can remember ..

Death of King George VI .I was at Rosehill junior School at the time .We all got sent home and I remember my mum coming to collect me .we lived on Romney avenue .I remember the coronation too..the bunting on some streets in Burnley was amazing..I particularly remember Anne street ..a very poor area ...
by Foreverly Claret
Sun May 09, 2021 7:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry
Replies: 940
Views: 77802

Re: Liverpool game - ticketing preparation

That has got to be the worst web site in the world ! Managed to register ( eventually ) for the wife and myself and have received the e-mail so fingers crossed .
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:41 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hillsborough disaster
Replies: 35
Views: 3668

Re: Hillsborough disaster

Life is strange.I have 2 reasons for remembering the day very well. Firstly , the sadness relating to the awful event at Hillsborough. Secondly , I had spent the night before in the Clarendon Wing of Leeds General Infirmary where my youngest daughter was born at 6 a.m. on the 15th . I went home knac...
by Foreverly Claret
Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: E L O
Replies: 40
Views: 3539

Re: E L O

Hold on tight to your dreams...especially if you're a Claret !!
by Foreverly Claret
Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 30 more points
Replies: 19
Views: 3594

Re: 30 more points

That's a real bummer today . I can't see us getting more than 6 points out of a possible 21 .Total 39 . If we lose at Fulham that's 36. Could Fulham possibly get 8 points from their other 5 games ? ( If they beat us ) I've got the prayer mat out but I just can't see us beating anyone other than Fulh...
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: VINTAGE CLARETS
Replies: 11
Views: 1854

VINTAGE CLARETS

Doncaster 1.25 tomorrow .

I like Fahey ; I like Hanagan

What do we know ? Worth a punt ? Who owns it ?
by Foreverly Claret
Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Off Topic - Shed Stain
Replies: 14
Views: 1701

Re: Off Topic - Shed Stain

Try Cuprinol Garden shades...I've been using them on sheds , benches and fencing for years .Good value on the internet
by Foreverly Claret
Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12774
Views: 1259250

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Apologies if this has already been flagged up .My mate is a big City fan and he's just sent me a copy of an article which appears in the latest edition of the City fanzine King of the Kippax .It's by a guy called Colin Savage and I thought it was well worth reading .sadly I'm not very techy so I don...
by Foreverly Claret
Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New players - what Dyche needs to know
Replies: 30
Views: 3657

Re: New players - what Dyche needs to know

Where can I read more about this " loan " ? and how much cash did we have in the bank ?