Thank you Peter. Thinking back, my Grandad used to eat tripe, up until he died in 1993, I've never seen it since then. Jane :o) ----- 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