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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

this may have been prior to George Hoyle having the shop.
After all the original poster is talking about the time of 1900...and he also mentions his grandmother, so it might even have been before then That Bleasdales had the shop
I lived in Henry Street in the late 60's. I remember George Hoyles shop very well and Thornbers Chemist on the opposite corner of Henry St.

Yes, my maternal great-grandmother, Adelaide Knight, owned the tripe shop from approximately 1900 until 1949. Her husband was called William, I think.

I made this up for a newsgroup based around the FEB. It's from my mother's memory:

Knight's Tripe Shop
158 Whalley Road
Clayton-le-Moors, Lancs.

Items sold:


TRIPE:
Fatty Seam
Honeycomb (put vinegar in every hole, please)
Ladies Tripe (cow's uterous)
Elder (cow's udder)

COW'S HEELS
SHEEP TROTTERS
SHEEP'S BRAINS (boiled, delicious gravy)
PIG'S FEET (trotters)
BLACK PUDDING
POLONY (know it was a stuffed casing, but that's all.


There was an "eating place" in the back which consisted of a table and a bench with salt, pepper and malt vinegar available, but it was hardly ever used.

Great-Grandma did a booming business during Word War II, as meat was practically unavailable, and tripe made a good substitute.