| Les Barlow RIP 14:11 - Jan 22 with 3224 views | 442Dale |
Really sad news. A proper old school journalist. |  |
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| Les Barlow RIP on 14:27 - Jan 22 with 3169 views | Hopwoodblue |
Very sad.
We had some great nights in the Merry Weaver after away games,
When the likes of O’Loughlin Taylor and a few others would join us.
As we both lived in Heywood he used to let me share his taxi .
Paid for by the Ob I’m sure !
Great memories.
RIP Les Barlow a great Dale off the pitch legend. |  |
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| Les Barlow RIP on 14:36 - Jan 22 with 3129 views | SuddenLad |
Dreadful news. Les was a terrific journalist for all things Dale, in every sport you can mention. I have had the great pleasure of his company at many, many games all over the country. A group of us even sponsored games under the banner of the 'Les Barlow Appreciation Society'.
He ran the bar under the old stand for a good while and even made it his home 😊 Many a post match press headline has been composed in there after a few scoops.
Les was a legend at Dale and he will be much missed. A journalist who represented a different era, but a great bloke who did much for this club.
R. I. P . Les. [Post edited 22 Jan 2022 14:37]
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| Les Barlow RIP on 14:37 - Jan 22 with 3126 views | rafc1984 |
Did my work experience at the Ob with Les, top bloke.
RIP Les |  | | |
| Les Barlow RIP on 14:53 - Jan 22 with 3060 views | dale1968 |
Les was an old school journo and a top top man.
Very sad news indeed RIP Les.. |  |
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| Les Barlow RIP on 17:23 - Jan 22 with 2854 views | jonahwhereru |
BEing an exile back in the days of Les I used to subscribe to the Observer to get the only real reporting on Dale. He was just a no nonsense tell it how it is reporter.
Thanks Les, rest well. |  | | |
| Les Barlow RIP on 18:09 - Jan 22 with 2743 views | TVOS1907 |
What sad news. Les helped me an awful lot in my early years writing for and editing TVOS and was always accommodating when I wanted access to the Ob's archives.
A proper old school journalist who clearly cared about Dale and his responsibility to the fans and readers, which unfortunately isn't the case anymore. |  |
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| Les Barlow RIP on 21:34 - Jan 22 with 2514 views | EllDale |
Desperately sad to hear the news.
It is a reminder of when the town’s local newspaper reported on both of it’s professional sporting clubs with clarity and honesty and in depth.
I couldn’t believe that the Observer, when the Colchester game was postponed the other week, chose to fill the page reserved for the match report with an in-depth interview with BBM gushing about the City under 23s.
Times change, now we’re in the days of cutting and pasting stuff from the official website.
Les was a Dale stalwart and a man of trenchant views on many occasions.
Used to enjoy a pint with him in the Citizen round the corner from the Observer on occasions and he was a massive help to me when I spent a couple of seasons covering the CLL in the 1980s.
Will be missed, rest easy mate. | | | |
| Les Barlow RIP on 13:10 - Jan 24 with 2003 views | BucketBstard |
RIP Les,
Sad news indeed. He was a staple of the Dale back in the 80's . | | | |
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| Les Barlow RIP on 16:54 - Jan 24 with 1833 views | D_Dale |
| Les Barlow RIP on 14:36 - Jan 22 by SuddenLad |
Dreadful news. Les was a terrific journalist for all things Dale, in every sport you can mention. I have had the great pleasure of his company at many, many games all over the country. A group of us even sponsored games under the banner of the 'Les Barlow Appreciation Society'.
He ran the bar under the old stand for a good while and even made it his home 😊 Many a post match press headline has been composed in there after a few scoops.
Les was a legend at Dale and he will be much missed. A journalist who represented a different era, but a great bloke who did much for this club.
R. I. P . Les. [Post edited 22 Jan 2022 14:37]
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"He ran the bar under the old stand for a good while and even made it his home"
I've just read his account of that time in "100 years of Dale" ("Rochdale Observer" supplement, 8 August 2007). It begins: "There are those who live for Dale. I was a tad different - I lived AT Dale for the best part of two years." And goes on to tell some amusing, as well as grimmer, tales of Spotland in the mid-1980s.
Condolences to his family and friends. | | | |
| Les Barlow RIP on 18:52 - Jan 24 with 1686 views | joecooke |
Met him many times over the years whilst going to the match with my Dad as they always had a chat post match.
Very knowledgeable and a lovely fella. RIP |  |
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