Figure 2: Turf Moor in the 1920s
This photograph taken in the 1920s is the earliest aerial shot we have of Turf Moor as it would have appeared in 1914. The stand in the foreground is the Brunshaw Road Stand which opened in August 1913 at the start of the 1913-14 season. The stand was demolished and re-built again in 1973-4. It is currently The Bob Lord Stand, named after the former Burnley chairman. To the right of the picture is the Bee Hole End, a huge open terrace which was named after the colliery that overlooked the ground from Brunshaw Heights. This is now the Jimmy McIlroy Stand. To the left of the picture is the covered Cricket Field End that was completed during 1914. In match reports this was sometimes called the Town End and is currently the David Fishwick Stand. Burnley Cricket ground backs onto Turf Moor and you can see the old cricket pavilion in white in the distance.
The long, raised cinder banking opposite the Brunshaw Road stand was formerly home to the tiny Star Stand which covered only half the length of the pitch. The Star Stand was demolished in 1914 and the cinder-banking raised and extended to cater for larger crowds which increased the ground capacity at Turf Moor in 1914 to 40,000. It was not until the mid-1950s before this side of the ground was terraced and roofed which became the famously known among Burnley fans as ‘The Longside’ and is now the James Hargreaves Stand.
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