> 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