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- 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...
- Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Name the next manager
- Replies: 4376
- Views: 380180
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 .
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 .
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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 !
- 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...
- 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.
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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
- 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 )
- 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
- 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
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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ?
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 .
- 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...
- 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 !!
- 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...
- 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 ?
I like Fahey ; I like Hanagan
What do we know ? Worth a punt ? Who owns it ?
- 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
- 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...
- 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 ?