Born in Kilnhurst, Barlow began working as a miner in South Yorkshire at the Silverwood Colliery, where he played football, representing the miners' team.
He played for Doncaster schoolboys before starting work at Silverwood Colliery where he played for the works team.
Silverwood Colliery was a colliery situated between Thrybergh and Ravenfield in Yorkshire, England.
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These installations were to be connected to a boat staithe on the River Don by a railway.
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