Going back a lot further, during the 30s and 40s my aunt had a baker's shop in West End, on Blackburn Rd. opposite Spread Eagle St. She used to make potato pie and mushy peas at lunchtime. It was mainly bought by the workers at Stanhill Ring Spinning Mill who would drop off their own dishes early in the mornings and call for them about noon when they were filled up with their hot dinners. She also had a couple of regular lunch-time diners who ate in her dining-room behind the shop but they were teachers from West End school. I only remember the head mistress, at the time, whose name was Miss Grimshaw.
Auntie never opened in the evenings so, after the pictures or whatever, there was just the chippy. It did sell Hollands pies and puddings though, almost (but not quite) as good as auntie's.
