[Margaret Pilkington]

Steerforth, this is best placed as question on the general forum.
I have lived in Clayton for fifty three years and do not remember a tripe shop opposite the Star cinema.
There was a corner shop at the bottom of Henry St(George Hoyle) thornbers chemist was on the opposite corner(broadleys side).
Next door to George Hoyle was the chip shop(Chans).....and on the other side of Chans was a haberdashery(run by John Oldham wife....but I can't bring her name to mind right now).
Maybe the tripe shop was one of the two other than Hoyles....he had been there(I am told) since God was in short trousers.

Now I am sorry that none of this answers your question....I will ask some folk who are older than me and know more about Clayton.