Not "chicklets or chicklins", they are called "chitterlings". They are actually pig's intestines I believe. I remember my mum sitting with a big plate of honeycomb tripe while listening to Tommy Handley! ("Can I get you now sir?" ) Shirley USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie" <jackie005@soms.fsnet.co.uk> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:39 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Help with occupation Tripe > Hi Everyone, > > Tripe Dresser, ugh just the thought is enough to turn ones stomach! > > I don't know if this is going to be of help but as a child I lived in > Ardwick, Chorlton on Medlock and Chorlton Cum Hardy and I remember that > there were lots of shops selling amongst there wares tripe. > > I seem to remember these shops in the main were named UCP or similar. > I can distinctly remember one shop on the Stockport Road where the Post > Office now stands. > > My mother was very fond of tripe so we were regularly in the shop, these > shops once inside, smelt scrumptious. > I can remember they sold Savoury Ducks (a kind of faggot) > Chicklets or Chicklins (I think those were some kind of animal intestine) > They nicest things they sold were fresh pork pies with a clear savoury > liquid pored in through the hole of the top. > Of course they sold all kinds of tripe, I think some were almost a black > in > colour. > The staff in the shop always dressed in white overcoats and white hats. > The shops were extremely clean and had sawdust on the floor. > > Mum loved tripe and cooked it by steaming white tripe in milk and then > adding a cheese sauce. > > Although tripe was very cheap, the other goods in the shop were expensive > and the shops had very good trade. > > God, I'm reminiscing, I seem to have forgotten I'm that old. > > Regards Jackie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter GARSTON" <garston.peter@wanadoo.fr> > To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:29 AM > Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Help with occupation > > >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Message du 01/07/08 19:21 >>> De : arcmikmum@talktalk.net >>> A : "Manchester" >>> Copie à : >>> Objet : [ENG-MAN] Help with occupation >> >>> It looks like pipe dresser, but I can't be sure, I've just checked the >>> old occupations site and can't find anything on there. His son a couple >>> of doors away has a shop, again of what looks like pipes? >>> >> I don't know if anyone has answered this yet (I'm having trouble with my >> mail) but could it be TRipe dresser ? From hazy memories of a distant >> childhood, he was a sort of butcher who specialised in preparing tripe. >> Nowadays, my stomach turns over at the thought of eating it, but at the >> time I must have been supporting several tripe dressers in Gorton and >> Reddish virtually single-handed. >> >> Peter Garston, now in Toulouse (south-west France) but formerly of >> Denton, >> on the Reddish/Gorton frontier >> >> >> >> ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ >> >> Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >> Other people can learn from them! >> >> ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.101 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1528 - Release Date: 7/1/2008 > 7:26 AM > > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message