Going on the Turf - 1920
Going on the Turf - 1920
Burnley fans heading for Turf Moor one hundred years ago to see perhaps the best Burnley side of all time. No VAR required.
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Re: Going on the Turf - 1920
Good stuff, Mike.
What a team......what a season.
What a team......what a season.
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First chap in the white cap(bottom right) checking his mobile...time traveller.
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Can see ClaretTony on there
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Re: Going on the Turf - 1920
100 years ago or last week, can't tell the difference. Nothings changed.
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Where are the burger vans?
Any thoughts on the price of a Twix back then ?
Any thoughts on the price of a Twix back then ?
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Re: Going on the Turf - 1920
Looks to be a nice sunny day, perhaps it was the first game of the season against Bradford City. We lost 1-4 but it was the only defeat at home all season. Dad often talked about that game as being one the first he could remember as a little 'un.
Lost the next two away and then went on a 30 game unbeaten run before winning the First Division.
Lost the next two away and then went on a 30 game unbeaten run before winning the First Division.
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I love this sort of stuff. Are there any good sites that have collections of old Burnley pictures?
Worth noting that we lost 6 games that season though. Dyche’s fault.
Worth noting that we lost 6 games that season though. Dyche’s fault.
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Re: Going on the Turf - 1920
Check back on this site, bud, about 6 months ago. The thread was Burnley fc in pictures, think started by Steve1956.
One of the best ever threads on here.
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Will do. Cheers mate.Royboyclaret wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:06 pmCheck back on this site, bud, about 6 months ago. The thread was Burnley fc in pictures, think started by Steve1956.
One of the best ever threads on here.
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Certainly has. How scruffy do we all look walking to the match compared to these gents? Wonder what they’d think if they could see us walking to the match in our jeans, trainers and replica kits?ClaretAndJew wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:54 pm100 years ago or last week, can't tell the difference. Nothings changed.
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Re: Going on the Turf - 1920
the other chap with a white hat has a huge twix between both his hands
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Re: Going on the Turf - 1920
the other chap with a white hat has a huge twix between both his hands
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the Beehole end bogs would have been all clean and shining back then, an an aroma reminiscent of a forest glade.
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why are there two sparrows zip wiring along yorkshire street??
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Interesting question... I imagine that the average working class bloke would have significantly fewer clothing options than the man today.
I suspect that, even though their clothes were more formal than ours today, they would have been dirtier and more tatty. (Often homemade, I think.)
Those same guys in jackets and waistcoats would have been fascinated by our modern bright-coloured synthetic textiles, (faux) fur-lined hoods, and intriguing footwear!
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they usually had two three piece suits, one for sunday best. they were very hard to clean as well. might have looked dapper, but quite a smell
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Re: Going on the Turf - 1920
Leon_C wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:38 pmInteresting question... I imagine that the average working class bloke would have significantly fewer clothing options than the man today.
I suspect that, even though their clothes were more formal than ours today, they would have been dirtier and more tatty. (Often homemade, I think.)
Those same guys in jackets and waistcoats would have been fascinated by our modern bright-coloured synthetic textiles, (faux) fur-lined hoods, and intriguing footwear!
I have a fur-lined hood You’d have been locked up if you turned up at the Turf wearing it back in the day.
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Well that prospect has ruined the romantic image I had of that photoWile E Coyote wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:47 pmthey usually had two three piece suits, one for sunday best. they were very hard to clean as well. might have looked dapper, but quite a smell
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Eveybody would have smelled. So nobody would have.
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Re: Going on the Turf - 1920
A view from the culvert around the same period, perhaps a little earlier.
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wonderfully evocative photographs.
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Great pic, thanks.Claretforever wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:20 pmA view from the culvert around the same period, perhaps a little earlier.
Always amazes me how uncluttered the streets are in these pictures. There’s a sign every five yards now. Big step backwards. Great lampposts too.
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Really? Looks like there's frost on the ground in my picture.Royboyclaret wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:03 pmLooks to be a nice sunny day, perhaps it was the first game of the season against Bradford City.
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Had they arranged a meet with the peaky blinders ?
Great pic
Great pic
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Here’s the approximate same modern day view taken from Google street view.
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Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:26 amReally? Looks like there's frost on the ground in my picture.
Those kids are well hard if it's frosty.
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Well there is a huge shadow of a house on the ground ... looks like a sunny day to me ?Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:26 amReally? Looks like there's frost on the ground in my picture.
But its definitely early in the year judging the angle of the shadow
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The women in those days prided themselves on getting things clean. However much elbow grease was needed they would have supplied it. Anyone who smelled would have been practically shunned by their peers.Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:47 pmthey usually had two three piece suits, one for sunday best. they were very hard to clean as well. might have looked dapper, but quite a smell
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Re: Going on the Turf - 1920
dont think it was through lack of effort bfcmik, the material was difficult to clean, they had little choice.
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I just love threads like this with the old pics so I thought I'd some that I know I've used before on here but all from the Wellington corner.
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Not a single piece of litter in sight. Delightful.Claretforever wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:20 pmA view from the culvert around the same period, perhaps a little earlier.
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Anyone know what the single storey building was with the two chimmneys at the corner ?
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Someone checking out their mobile phone
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also, can anybody tell me where Gunsmith Lane was in Burnley. think it was somewhere off yorkshire street, but not really certain.
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I think there was a mill behind there.Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:27 pmAnyone know what the single storey building was with the two chimmneys at the corner ?
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Isn’t it what is now Church StreetWile E Coyote wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:35 pmalso, can anybody tell me where Gunsmith Lane was in Burnley. think it was somewhere off yorkshire street, but not really certain.
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I haven't a clue , but seem to recall seeing it back in the 70's somewhere fairly central.
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Ran down from Yorkshire St to Church Street between the Yorkshire Hotel and The Odeon cinema.Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 9:45 pmI haven't a clue , but seem to recall seeing it back in the 70's somewhere fairly central.
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If you were walking down Yorkshire Street towards town from the Turf I think it used to go off towards the left of where the roundabout is now. If you walked down to the right I think that was Gunsmith Lane before you got to Church Street.Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 9:45 pmI haven't a clue , but seem to recall seeing it back in the 70's somewhere fairly central.
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You can just see the crane working on the disabled stand through the smog in the last picture.
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The groundsman's cottage for the Cricket ClubWile E Coyote wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:27 pmAnyone know what the single storey building was with the two chimmneys at the corner ?
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Got the wrong building when I first answered it. That single story building was the way into the cricket ground. Probably served sandwiches from it too.Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 8:27 pmAnyone know what the single storey building was with the two chimmneys at the corner ?
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Re: Going on the Turf - 1920
just found a photo of the lane, but no idea how to post it. looks to be top end of bus station , opposite the Atlantis cafe. croft street . shows it as gunsmith place, not lane. my mistake.
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The 1st Red Arrow display teamWile E Coyote wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:36 pmwhy are there two sparrows zip wiring along yorkshire street??
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Where the trams run to and from back then? Love looking at these old pics.
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Wouldn't it be fantastic if we still had the trams? Back then, I'm told (and before anyone suggests it, no I don't remember them) they weren't able to get up the hills so they only went part way up Manchester Road and Brunshaw Road.Rodneyyouplonker wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:49 amWhere the trams run to and from back then? Love looking at these old pics.
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Photo still taken from a Sam Hanna about Burnley General Hospital filmed in 1962 pre FA Cup Final. Films of Sam Hanna on the North West Film Archive site.
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Sam Hanna - my old woodwork teacher and not the most pleasant of men, but he was very much into his cine photography.
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