Arthur Reginald Barlow

Arthur Reginald Barlow (Reg)

Parents

Father	Arthur William Barlow (1870-02-10 : 1966-11-01)
Mother	Emma Rhodes (1868-04-13 : 1946-05-14)

Birth/death

Birth	1892-07-06	14 Market Square, Tunstall, Staffordshire, England
Birth source	Birth Certificate Registration District of Wolstanton Sub-district of Tunstall County of Stafford Column No 61
Death	1972-11-03	North Adelaide, South Australia
Death source	SA reg no Ade 184A/8492 (name recorded as Reginald Arthur Barlow)
Burial		North Road Cemetery, Medindie, South Australia

Marriage/Children

Partner	1920-08-14 :	Myrtle Eunice Gemmell (1899-09-28 : 1986-04-20)
Marriage place	Holy Trinity Church, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
Marriage source	SA reg no Ade 284/485
Marriage notes	Age at time of marriage groom 28 yrs, bride 21 yrs
Children	1 Douglas Arthur Barlow (1921-05-24 : )
Children	2 Maxine June Barlow (1921-05-24 : 1921-05-29)
Children	3 Reginald Rhodes Barlow (1923-08-31 : 2003-03-29)

Residence

	1972	1 Churcher St, Thorngate, South Australia
1892	1893	14 Market Square, Tunstall, County of Stafford, England
1893		High St, Gawler, South Australia (estimated)
1906	1909	Buxton St, North Adelaide, South Australia
1909		"Brampton" Grange, South Australia

Qualifications/Education

1906

Prince Alfred College

Although Arthur Reginald is the name shown on the birth certificate, inexplicably he was always known as Reginald Arthur Barlow, signed his name as R A Barlow and was popularly known as "Reg."

Reg was born in Tunstall, England in 1892 and migrated to Adelaide, South Australia with his parents in 1893 when he was only nine months old.

Since his parents were living in Gawler, Reg received his education at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide where he stayed as a boarder around 1906.

Reg was sent by his father to England for a period to learn the shoe trade before joining his father in the shoe retailing business. His father ran the business in a very autocratic way and Reg was given little opportunity to contribute to the management of the business.

He married Eunice Myrtle Gemmell in 1920. They initially lived in Joslin.

Boy and girl twins, Douglas Arthur and June were born in 1921 but unfortunately the girl only survived a few days. A second boy, Rhodes was born in 1923.

They moved to 1 Churcher St Thorngate which was close to that of his father at Fitzroy Terrace. It is believed that the house was owned by Arthur Barlow and had previously been occupied by Dr Doug Barlow. It is most likely that the house was provided as a gift.

In about 1939 Reg became Manager of the store at 8 Rundle St. After becoming an accountant Rhodes joined his father in the running of the store in 1950. Rhodes claimed he found the business was broke and a cash injection from his grandfather was required to get the business going. In the following years Rhodes was to gradually take over the running of the business until Reg had no effective control.

Like his father Reg made several overseas trips.

In about 1930 - 1931 Reg and his wife travelled to Colombo which was at the time a popular tourist destination. While the parents were away the boys stayed with their grandparents, the Gemmells.

In about 1948 and again about 1965 Reg and his wife made trips to England.

Reg was also very much the gentleman. He loved to attend the races, lay a few bets and have a few (or more) beers. He also enjoyed a round of golf.

Reg is remembered for his sense of humour. On one occasion his love of powerful cars contributed to him being pulled over by a member of the constabulary. When asked if he knew what speed he was doing he quipped "like a scalded cat!." The Policeman was so taken back by the brazenness of the old gentleman he let him off. On? another occasion while attending his grandson's wedding in Port Pirie the shoe store at 8 Rundle St caught on fire. The Police did a good job in tracking him down to the reception and after acquainting him with the bad news were surprised at how calmly he took it. Afterwards he was heard to say "did they expect me to race back to Adelaide to put out the fire?"