“Manor” Restaurant New Brown Street Manchester

 THE RIGHT "MANOR"
New UCP Restaurant in Real Lancashire Tradition

The “Manor” restaurant, New Brown Street, Manchester, the latest UCP Restaurant, opens next week in premises transformed under the guidance of Mr Harry S. Fairhurst, the well-known Manchester architect, as a really comfortable restaurant, up to date in every detail, and in the highest UCP traditions. “Food” is always news: hunger is a fine sauce and the jolly meal is more than eating   it is a social feast. Therefore the opening of a new restaurant is bound to interest Lancashire folk, with their insistences on comfort, generosity and good cheer when it comes to meals. The "Manor" restaurant is a restaurant transformed, beginning a new history. It is another extension of the chain of UCP restaurants which have secured such a warm place in Lancashire's heart. Its spirit is just what will appeal to Lancashire folk, quiet, cosy, beautifully decorated, it is the ideal venue for the friendly meal   the kind of restaurant to which a man likes to take his wife, especially if she understands good cooking. [Manchester City News, 28 March 1938. Page 5]

The initials UCP used to be as ubiquitous in the north west as M&S, BHS or MUFC. They stand for United Cattle Products, who until about 30 years ago had shops and restaurants in pole position in all the major Lancashire towns. There was one on Market Street in Manchester, opposite Lewis's. This was serious business.  UCP sold tripe  - cow's stomach lining   and other bits that most people are now too squeamish to talk about, never mind eat. Tripe used to be stewed, with mash, onions and mushy peas. But most housewives preferred to serve it cold on summer days. [Guardian 8 May 2001]

Reference        Manchester City News, 28 March 1938. Page 5 Column 6
Reference        Manchester City News 9 April 1938 Page 7 – opening
Reference        Guardian 8 May 2001