New Posts For Thread: help please.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31656713/help-pleasewere women ever barred from betting offices. to settle a bet. thanks in advance.TheAnorak, I managed a few betting shops in the early 70s and the only pretty girls were behind the counter. I laughed when a mate of mine rang me one day to tell me that he "found out last night that horses weren't the only things laid in betting shhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31656713/help-please?post_id=559575393#559575393TheAnorak, I managed a few betting shops in the early 70s and the only pretty girls were behind the counter. I laughed when a mate of mine rang me one day to tell me that he "found out last night that horses weren't the only things laid in betting shFri, 17 Jul 2020 08:13:16 -0500Not in the sense of post-1961 legal betting offices, though it is possible individual owners barred women.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31656713/help-please?post_id=559575107#559575107Not in the sense of post-1961 legal betting offices, though it is possible individual owners barred women.Fri, 17 Jul 2020 07:42:38 -0500Some pictorial evidence - no 'right crackers' among the customers though:https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/428123508302667645/https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31656713/help-please?post_id=559575069#559575069Some pictorial evidence - no 'right crackers' among the customers though:https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/428123508302667645/Fri, 17 Jul 2020 07:39:30 -0500thanks gents, my thoughts too.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31656713/help-please?post_id=559575029#559575029thanks gents, my thoughts too.Fri, 17 Jul 2020 07:31:44 -0500They certainly did use betting shops and as Anorak says straight in and out mostly.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31656713/help-please?post_id=559575019#559575019They certainly did use betting shops and as Anorak says straight in and out mostly.Fri, 17 Jul 2020 07:29:03 -0500They certainly weren't barred from the shop I worked in as boardboy around 1963/64. In fact, I'd say they made up about a third of the regulars that would come in before racing and place a multiple bet every day. What you rarely saw was a woman in thhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31656713/help-please?post_id=559575001#559575001They certainly weren't barred from the shop I worked in as boardboy around 1963/64. In fact, I'd say they made up about a third of the regulars that would come in before racing and place a multiple bet every day. What you rarely saw was a woman in thFri, 17 Jul 2020 07:25:54 -0500Nohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31656713/help-please?post_id=559574923#559574923NoFri, 17 Jul 2020 07:07:54 -0500Something in the back of my head says that I have heard that somewhere before, many moons ago.On the other hand - There were some right crackers worked as counter staff in Betting Shops - so I am not too sure.Would be Double Standards, and all that.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31656713/help-please?post_id=559574901#559574901Something in the back of my head says that I have heard that somewhere before, many moons ago.On the other hand - There were some right crackers worked as counter staff in Betting Shops - so I am not too sure.Would be Double Standards, and all that.Fri, 17 Jul 2020 07:02:12 -0500were women ever barred from betting offices. to settle a bet. thanks in advance.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31656713/help-please?post_id=559574845#559574845were women ever barred from betting offices. to settle a bet. thanks in advance.Fri, 17 Jul 2020 06:47:08 -0500