He frequently attended public events in Ossett, where he grew up, and Horbury, his birthplace.
[citation needed] Barstow's other works included Joby, which was turned into a television play starring Patrick Stewart, A Raging Calm, A Season with Eros, A Brother’s Tale, Just You Wait and See, Modern Delights and an autobiography, In My Own Good Time (2001).
[citation needed] Barstow married Connie Kershaw in 1951 with whom he had two children, Neil and Gillian.
In the late 1980s, he met Diana Griffiths who was beginning to learn her trade as a writer with Barstow's help.
Stan started a new life with Griffiths, now a writer in her own right, with eight original plays and nearly twenty dramatisations to her credit.