Barlow's Bookies was the central bookmakers of Weatherfield, located at the start of Rosamund Street. It was lastly owned by Peter Barlow, and used to be co-run with his then partner, Leanne Battersby. The bookies' only previous owner, Dan Mason, was forced to sell-up after he fell on hard times in 2008. However, upon receiving a large amount of money left by the mother of his son, Simon, Peter bought the bookies from him and moved into the flat upstairs. The bookies was refurbished in early 2010 when Peter set fire to the flat above, falling asleep with a cigarette in his hand. Both he and Simon were rescued by Luke Strong and Tony Gordon.
Barlow's Bookies With Old Sign!
The most memorable storyline involving the bookies occurred in mid-2010 when Lewis Archer conned Peter out of £4,000 by placing false betting slips into the till while Deirdre wasn't looking. On 4th September 2011, Carla Connor crashed her car into the store and knocked Stella Price down. After Leanne married Nick Tilsley she started working in the Bistro and needed to sell her share of the bookies. Peter wanted to buy her out but didn't have the money and the bookies was loosing money and customers. With Carla (Peters Partner) hating them both working with each other she decided to buy Leannes share behind Peters back. With Carla not knowing anything about bookies she went to her brother Rob Donovan (Shareholder of Underworld) and he kitted the bookies out with new computers, tvs and also a new coffee machine. He also put up a new sign up as he thought the old one was tacky and ran down. Later that year, Rob & Tracy Barlow bought the bookies and turned it into a business shop called Barlow's Buys.
Staff
- Peter Barlow - Owner, Bookmaker (2008-2013)
- Carla Connor - Co-owner (2013)
- Rob Donovan - Bookmaker (2013)
- Leanne Tilsley - Co-owner, Bookmaker (2008-2009, 2009-2012, 2012-2013)
- Nick Tilsley - Staff member (2010-2011)
- Deirdre Barlow - Staff member (2010)
- John Stape - Bookmaker (2010-2011)