Barry Dennis

he is 78

True cardifffc, but couldn't they edit the interview.

jsut watched part 2, says 2 of 3, cant find part 3? is there one?

No, just two and three.

know they have a retirement home for actors but do they have one for retired bookies??

Overseas, think part 3 will be on towards the end of the week. first 2 parts have been worth watching but has I said think they could have edited them.

Was it Pat Eddery ? 2nd?

No it was Fred Archer

Barry might come on here and explain.

I like Baz, great character, racecourses should have more of them. he's one of only a handful of bookies who wouldn't have to pack up if the exchanges were banned on course

On about the Frankie day at Ascot he think's Frankie won the last race with DOUGIE SMITH coming 2nd

enjoyed the Dagenham coup article

He spoke to me about that on here one night, Ronnie.

Barry's  certainly a great character as you say dambuster the racecourses need more like him.

Had a couple of bets with him at Epsom a few years back and found him a grumpy o'l git. Maybe its a age thing.

He seems to think all those who want to bet with bookies are arbers (ironic) and all Betfarians are winners or have I just imagined him saying that on here?

his bismark on CH4 was excellent........think he took over from big mac who couldn't stop his bismark being a winner

Cheers Caly'...will look out for part 3 after the weekend....

Maybe Barry thought it was Frankie Durr who rode the 7 winners.

Part 3 is up now. Good watch but i think a lot of it is bluster. Probably cant remember himself now how much of it is true

I was told as a kid if you can't say something nice about a person, say nothing at all. So i'll stay schtum then.

Deep dale, probably plenty of errors, can't be asked to research, but, as Eric Morcombe said to Ande Previn,,im playing all the right notes not necessarily in the right order

Black rock, don't hold back I enjoy criticism ,

I placed a bet at Lingfield AW many moons ago with yourself. £100 at 5/2 not a massive bet as you would appreciate. It managed to win and when i came to get paid, you treated me as some kind of thief.

I don't mind a 'bit of craic' but i felt that was a bit over the top.

Thought the interview mentioned that, plenty don't bet with me coz I'm rude

Blackrock, exactly what happened to me,maybe he was having a off day,I forgive you Barry...

barry..

its 'morecambe'

ydc.

and André

and ársed not asked

and Deepdale one word

Plenty don't bet with me coz I'm rude

What a thing to be proud of

i believe that the point he is making , ghost , is that a great number do bet with him

Fook knows why when there is a nice bloke on track with a Aussie breeze on

Or that flash bookie fella with skinto up front

barry couldnt lay bricks..knocked my pal back many a time.

barry = yehudi menuhin

Barry is one of a old school .. a real bookie.. now you  wise guys  one day you may be 78 years young.. your  memory   plays tricks  sometimes... so stop the knocking

Eye can lay bricks

typical of willy  his post 12.19  ..what a sad person

zip,tell susie 9pm tonite..shaven tar.

willy, I will drop to your level Susan ask me to post this
she would not p...ss on you if you were on fire.unless she was p...ing petrol

Good retort I m o

used to bet regularly with barry down at lingfield & windsor always found him to be accomodating,just dont expect a song & dance routine when hes paying you out.

The current breed of arbers all pay with a smile as they've earned 10% or so themselves.

I always found him to be an extremely uncouth individual personally. I'd never bet with that firm.

just paying in full when asked is all I need from a bookmaker

I am not doing business with them for their manners

Slippy'

read my thread below - you will appreciate it


Great little read ...    Deltâ    1    07 Mar 18 09:57

Met Barry in Barbados a couple of times over the years watching the cricket, seemed a nice enough bloke to me.

If he is the same on a cold wet day at Lingfield when you are punting with him, I could not possibly comment on.

bet with him many times pre exchanges on course, i'd say he was just focused on getting money in the bag rather than rude but when you went to collect he was a gent

on the forum he's posted under his own name, answered questions, don't think he's ever been rude here either, just says his bit, nothing wrong with that

His son's a well-mannered young man.

I enjoyed it, Barry just like the rest of us, doing what he can to get his few quid.

Good viewing.

Where can you see that documentary thingie he did cannot find it on you tube.

lib
type in star sports bookmakers
the one about rocky is also worth watching
have a good evening
regards
Ronnie.

Very entertaining half hour.If you haven't yet had a gander i strongly advise you do.Thanks to the op for bringing to the forums attention.

twizzle
barry got out of the shops when coral took over.
how is barking

Is that the clip at Epsom with the jocks in the sangster colours.

They weren't jocks if you know what I mean looked like jocks.

1350 jobs going throughout the company this month Ronny.

That isn't it from memory he was wizzing about in his motor home and missus done him good steak. After he bought his pitches.

Barry's venture into the high st ended fairly briefly when Billy's bought his Romford Market square unit.The shop attracted all the usual east end sharks and Barry played them longer than he should have.

twizzle
do you think many shops will go.
the new owners to be have just bought 51% in crystallbet on line for 41mil

As sure as eggs are eggs if the Max stake on the fobs gets reduced to under a score.

Everything is geared to online.Doubt whether the call centre will survive.

Yes told it how it is and pleased to see he held his hands up re using the exchanges.

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bet with him many times pre exchanges on course, i'd say he was just focused on getting money in the bag rather than rude but when you went to collect he was a gent

on the forum he's posted under his own name, answered questions, don't think he's ever been rude here either, just says his bit, nothing wrong with that


I'm not too sure about that. The Barry I knew always posted under the forum name of yoyo.

His Name is Barry Middleton (Dennis is his Middle Name) ... nobody posts on here as Barry Middleton ?

yoyo=Barry D.

Thanks for clarifying that for me.

from memory i believe yoyo was barry's wife's account originally

i thought mr dennis might mention the people who have put in the money over the years which allowed him to bet and the people who come up to the joint and laid his back bets but that was back in the good old days before betfair.it was nice to hear him say he got it completely wrong about betfair people remember well him saying it's the greatest thing ever i think mr dennis got a nice few quid off betfair on tick back in the good old days like a few other bookmakers who then found it hard to pay back.they say the devil looks after his own so i think you be seeing mr dennis for many more years.

Enjoyed double egg , steak and chips with bread butter for his tea I do remember.... use to phone his dear lady 10 minutes from home to get the tea underway....

You are a top man Barry what about a book I'd buy a copy.

if FOBTs go down to £20 would many shops close??

doubt it . £2 different kettle of fish.
£20 would seem a reasonable amount to suit all parties except for the addicted .
A mandatory "How Fu*king stupid am i for playing on this machine with the odds stacked against me" button may help but i doubt it.

I think they will go down to 20..........keep the bookies happy........the government will say they have done something but at the same time not lose much in revenue

Geoff.............seen people who play them machines who bet no more than fivers  on horses now having 100 pounds spins

seen a guy once win 1600 quid from a greyhound placer........which does demand a bit of skill lose it all on an FOBT inside an hour

also on the same site a good interview with a bookmaker called pinno
regards
Ronnie.

Mr Dennis was always accommodating to my friends and I. Perhaps everyone caught him on a bad day

Mr Dennis was always accommodating to my friends and I. Perhaps everyone caught him on a bad day

Yes ronnie, A very good interview with Pinno.

20 years or so ago I think at Folkestone he had 9-2 on his board

I asked him for £800 at the price ne gave the rsole treatment by

the way the animal got turned over.

Barry always layed me the fractions without question. Who does that today?

Gone down like the Bismarck, I'm afraid

Used to like the old CH4 show back in the day with McCririck, too, though

video of bookmakers john henwood and mike channing on the same site
well worth a view,
have a good day
regards
Ronnie.

also a good one of Stephen little
regards
Ronnie.

good watch on one of the ir guys on the same site.
ws do you know the guy
have a good evening
regards
ronnie

Are Ian Moss and Dick Naylor Big Layers ?THEY SEEM TO HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME

no idea never seen it.

Some of the comments here about Dennis are a bit silly

Nevertheless he's made plenty of money down the years.
I think he can stand people taking the pee who've provided him with such a good living for so long.

It was most likely a bit of age related memory confusion. Probably not serious.

I always liked Barry Dennis, about 40 years+ on the track, one of the grumpy old men now hankering for the old days. He was always entertaining on C4 and when he was doing "Barry's Bismark" (up in distance, up in class = BISMARK !). And Big Mac could hardly tip a winner, but when he started doing the "Bismark" he couldn't tip a loser !

On one Morning Line he tipped a horse that was running at Lingfield that night. I backed it and it won around 8/1.
I thanked him for it the next time I saw him at Brighton. He said they don't like me doing that as I'm only there to to tip a loser.