Unseen photos of comical eating contest capture Manchester's lost way of life
A set of images unearthed from the Mirrorpix archives offers a glimpse of Manchester many of us have never seen.
Tripe was a nutritious and cheap dish for the British working classes from Victorian times until the latter half of the 20th century. And while it is still popular in many parts of continental Europe, the number of offal , including tripe eaters in the UK, has rapidly declined. Not only do the photographs show what looks to have been a lively day of eating and drinking at the canal-side, but also what a popular event tripe eating contests were. Colourful characters dressed in flat-caps, bowler hats and fake moustaches were egged on by a large crowd of Mancunians who had gathered to watch the competition hosted by Sutcliffe's Tripe of Wigan.
"He wore a flat cap, tie without collar, waistcoat with watch-chain , corduroy trousers and clogs. A trumpeter heralded Alan and his seven challengers – two of them women – at the contest on a Manchester canal-bank.
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