Massive crane at the Turf ?

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Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by ClaretAL » Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:30 pm

Hi Guys,

Just being nosey but anyone know what the massive crane at the Turf is doing? Big screen maybe?
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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Steve1956 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:31 pm

It's lifting over a giant safe full of money for the January transfer window

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Volvoclaret » Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:37 pm

Previous Directors insisted they be paid in cash for their shares

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Belgianclaret » Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:47 pm

Manager decided players needed a lift.

I’ll fetch my coat 😜

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Herts Clarets » Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:51 pm

After losing their pitch side advert, CWR scaffold arrange another huge erection at the Turf :lol:
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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Bosscat » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:09 pm

Are they filming the "Bob the Builder" live action tv series here ... could be "Lofty the crane"

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:12 pm

To make our latest investor feel at home we are going for the full on NFL experience next home game.

The crane is to build a new platform for the cheerleaders to zip line to the centre circle

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by ayrshireclaret83 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:13 pm

Would imagine it’s for the new screen that is due to be installed next month

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Billy Balfour » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:16 pm

Someone has indeed been filming. I drove past around lunchtime and there were a couple of people, with some professional looking kit, filming the Turf from the Tod Rd junction.

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Quickenthetempo » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:18 pm

ayrshireclaret83 wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:13 pm
Would imagine it’s for the new screen that is due to be installed next month
Would that not be a month early?

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Burnley1989 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:20 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:18 pm
Would that not be a month early?
They move really slow those things mate

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Billy Balfour » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:23 pm

Do they take ages to get erected?

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Steve1956 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:32 pm

Billy Balfour wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:23 pm
Do they take ages to get erected?
I think most on here would take a while to get "erected"

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Bosscat » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:33 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:32 pm
I think most on here would take a while to get "erected"
🥴

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Volvoclaret » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:42 pm

Keep taking the little blue pills Steve
Don't want to disappoint Bosscat🥰

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Steve1956 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:51 pm

Volvoclaret wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:42 pm
Keep taking the little blue pills Steve
Don't want to disappoint Bosscat🥰
:lol: Whar are you insinuating?😳🤣

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by MACCA » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:51 pm

Burnley1989 wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:20 pm
They move really slow those things mate
And you probably don't mean the cranes....

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Bosscat » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:53 pm

Volvoclaret wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:42 pm
Keep taking the little blue pills Steve
Don't want to disappoint Bosscat🥰
Well I wouldn't climb over Steve to get to you Volvo m8 😂😂😂

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Funkydrummer » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:58 pm

If it's a screen it must be a replacement for the existing one as it's in that corner by the look of it.

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Volvoclaret » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:00 pm

:? That's not what you said the last time I was in Long Preston
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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Steve1956 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:01 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:53 pm
Well I wouldn't climb over Steve to get to you Volvo m8 😂😂😂
That's so reassuring BC I'm very flattered 😚

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Bosscat » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:05 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:01 pm
That's so reassuring BC I'm very flattered 😚
🤭

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by conyoviejo » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:12 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:32 pm
I think most on here would take a while to get "erected"
Too true if they only get an erection when Burnley win. ;)

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by houseboy » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:25 pm

Herts Clarets wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:51 pm
After losing their pitch side advert, CWR scaffold arrange another huge erection at the Turf :lol:
Apparently a by-law states that anyone having an erection in the street after dark should have it properly illuminated.
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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by timshorts » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:27 pm

To water the grass when it gets to full arteta length.

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:28 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:58 pm
If it's a screen it must be a replacement for the existing one as it's in that corner by the look of it.
To bring this thread back to a level of common sense - the existing screen is being replaced
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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by gawthorpe_view » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:28 pm

conyoviejo wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:12 pm
Too true if they only get an erection when Burnley win. ;)
Been a while then?

:lol:

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Post by Guller Bull » Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:30 pm

Huge baby getting delivered by a massive crane.
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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Bosscat » Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:37 pm

Our village statutes say "there should be no erections on the village green without parish council permission"
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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Claretincraven » Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:05 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:28 pm
To bring this thread back to a level of common sense - the existing screen is being replaced
I would have thought putting up a second one before replacing the existing one would have been a much more sensible idea.
Thousands in the ground can’t see it.

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Guitargeorge » Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:14 pm

There are so many plausible explanations on here, for the appearance of the giant crane, I never cease to be amazed by the knowledge shared on this board.

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Billy Balfour » Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:24 pm

You should have seen the chatter when the horseless drove past.

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by jojomk1 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:24 pm

Somebody looking to move all the dry powder ?

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Post by kaptin1 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:53 pm

New viewing platform for those wanting to watch at ball height
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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by claretblue » Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:55 pm

Claretincraven wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:05 pm
I would have thought putting up a second one before replacing the existing one would have been a much more sensible idea.
Thousands in the ground can’t see it.
that was the intention!
A new curved screen between Bob Lord + Jimmy Mac was to be in place this November.
Followed by a larger replacement curved screen North Stand/Jimmy Mac corner.

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Post by CFS » Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:45 pm

Dane Richards statue being placed in the exact position he went off......after coming on as a sub.

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Post by RammyClaret61 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:12 pm

Removing the old dry powder store now that ALK have emptied it.

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by dougcollins » Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:21 pm

It was probably just a Heron.

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by elwaclaret » Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:32 pm

At least it isn’t an albatross

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Post by Dark Cloud » Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:50 pm

claretblue wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:55 pm
that was the intention!
A new curved screen between Bob Lord + Jimmy Mac was to be in place this November.
Followed by a larger replacement curved screen North Stand/Jimmy Mac corner.
That'll be Harry Garlick's crane then?

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by AlwaysClaret » Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:21 pm

The new screen is going in the club shop corner, they were doing the brackets and strengthening
work yesterday.

The existing screen will then be replaced with the same type bigger curved screen in the North Stand Jimmy Mac corner.
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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by ayrshireclaret83 » Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:13 pm

Is the new screen complete?

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by martin_p » Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:34 pm

ayrshireclaret83 wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:13 pm
Is the new screen complete?
This is how it looked on Wednesday night.
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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by ClaretTony » Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:34 pm

The whole place is like a light show though

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Burnleyareback2 » Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:38 pm

martin_p wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:34 pm
This is how it looked on Wednesday night.

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Looks like another screen that I won’t be able to see 5 rows from the back in the BL

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Steve1956 » Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:40 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:34 pm
The whole place is like a light show though
I only watched the Spurs game on TV,the light show around the bottom of the Bob Lord stand was very distracting,for those in the longside lower it must be terrible.

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by ClaretTony » Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:47 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:40 pm
I only watched the Spurs game on TV,the light show around the bottom of the Bob Lord stand was very distracting,for those in the longside lower it must be terrible.
I found it distracting from the Longside Upper but probably will get used to it. The ads on the Bob Lord roof are fine because you don't look at them.

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Re: Massive crane at the Turf ?

Post by Awayfromburnley » Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:53 pm

I really don't like the pitch side ads.
There was one particular one on Wednesday that I kept thinking something was flying across the pitch. It was a pinkish colour ad, ironically I've no idea what it was for.


I know both sets of players are equally affected but it must have some impact upon them too.

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