This is a very funny spoof book!
Written by local supporters of mental health.
It does make me laugh out loud!
Alfred Spatchcock! Tripe!
This extract comes from chapter on Tripe
Much-loved delicacy on the tables of Lancashire even to this day.
I go on to examine how one major chain of shops in Lancashire, Chorley Co-operative Cattle Products, not only sold tripe but ran restaurants selling a wide variety of cooked tripe dishes. Their processing factory near Chorley was one of the largest of its type. At the height of its popularity in the 30s, CCCP had a shop selling cow products with a café in the back on almost every corner and over 100 exclusive tripe restaurants, some of which were surprisingly ornate.
Its flagship restaurant on Market Street, Manchester, was a magnificent art deco building outside which there would often be queues, despite the fact that it had seating for 200 diners. Waiters dressed in evening suits would serve staple dishes such as stewed tripe and onions as well as speciality dishes such as Tripe Wellington (tripe served in a rubber boot). Less discerning diners would throw the tripe away and eat the Wellington. The Market Street restaurant was a firm favourite with the stars of Alfred Spatchcock’s Hollinwood film studios who would often visit between takes during filming of movies.
Their shops and restaurants are probably best remembered for their distinctive red shop fronts with a yellow ‘sickle and hammer’ logo which led many people to believe mistakenly that it was connected with the Soviet Union. This was completely unfounded but led to regular attacks on its shops by fascists. In 1936, CCCP was forced to rebrand when the windows of its Manchester Market Street restaurant were smashed by a gang led by vegetarian fascist leader, Oswald Muesli.
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Available from local bookshops on the Wirral, including Linghams and Oxton Books.
Phoenix is the editor of this site and was given a diagnosis of bipolar over twenty years ago. In between 8 periods of severe difficulty and hospitalisation she trained as a garden designer and was a awarded an RHS Diploma, gained a first class degree in Cultural Studies and a Certificate in Education that enables her to lecture in Recovery in Mental Health to psychiatric nurse students and mental health professionals at universities.
Phoenix leads a diverse life helped along by Wellness Recovery Action Planning and all aspects of Recovery. In the last few years she performed stand up comedy. Laughter truly is the best medicine! Now she is concentrating on being involved in improving conditions for inpatients and service receivers trustwide and nationwide. And training in WRAP, Recovery Star and the new Advanced Statement and some gardening for health. Art is now a major focus with some great new projects coming up. Also working with services to develop a new approach for people to have a greater knowledge and insight to their own trauma and recovery. 
Many thanks for this kind write up, Phoenix! FLAPCATW is available from local bookshops on the Wirral, including Linghams and Oxton Books.
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