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HERE are the possible final words about the Beast Market along with a bit more tripe.

Gavin Castle’s mum wanted to know if anyone remembered Gibson’s fish and chip shop? Of course they do. It has been mentioned before.

Perhaps confusion arose because there were two fish and chip shops. Graham Rushworth remembers the Beast Market from the 1950s and 1960s when, he says, it was one of the busiest areas in Huddersfield. He says Searsby’s fish and chip shop was on the left with Gibson’s opposite. They were also a tripe merchant. Family member Brian Gibson played right back for Town.

John Senior confirmed the Gibson name and the Town connection. But perhaps Searsby’s NHAPPY with your body? Take your clothes off and try yoga.

Lady Gaga and film star Matthew McConnaughey are celebrity fans of naked yoga, a practice which is supposed to give you body confidence.

A study from Goldsmith’s University of London said: “Body image dissatisfaction is a serious, global problem that negatively affects life satisfaction.”

And nudity can have a positive impact on mental health and lead to higher levels of self esteem.

Dr Keon West found those who spend time naked are happier with their bodies.

Could this be because only those who are happier with their bodies spend time naked?

Nudity may be liberating but it comes up against a basic problem when folk are urged to do it collectively: According to a government study, 80% of females over 40 are dissatisfied with their bodies.

To be fair, I’m not totally happy with mine, which is a sad admission from someone who was a designated greeter at late night house parties before marriage when I was in my 20s.

Me and a chum opened the front door in the nude, which confused most of the arrivals, deterred some and had others charging wide eyed inside (well, the blokes did), only to discover everybody else was fully clothed. had an earlier name? A reader in his 80s remembered it as Goddard’s, although perhaps the name was Gothard’s.

Another reader said: “The fish and chip and tripe firm was Gothard’s, not Goddard’s, and was on the left going down Beast Market. On the opposite side was Gibson’s, also selling similar products. Gibson’s also had premises down Leeds Road, opposite the Gas Works, where tripe was prepared for sale. In the

Nudity, and the inevitable jokes it prompted, never did me any harm. It was a laugh, a prank to satirise the Swinging 60s.

I might even be persuaded to try it again in a yoga setting and have been studying appropriate positions.

Reclining Hero is tempting but looks a tad painful, Dolphin Plank is more plank than elegant dolphin and Downward Facing Dog is probably yard behind Gibson’s in Beast Market, there was a building where tripe was kept fresh in large stone vats awaiting sale.

“Both firms were very popular in their day, having busy cafe/ restaurant facilities.

“Tripe was an acquired taste and a cheap food for those who were not well off. Times and eating habits change.”

Gothard’s was one of Huddersfield’s main tripe suppliers and tripe and cow heels were often sold in chip shops until the 1970s.

There was a famous chain of restaurants called the UCP that specialised in tripe dishes. In the 1950s there were 146 of them in the north of England.

My extended working class family were all tripe lovers and when my father, late in life, decided to become vegetarian, he ate tripe at least three times a week, believing it to be vegetable. My mother knew but didn’t tell him.

He stopped eating it in shock when one of my daughter’s explained. “It’s offal.” “I think it’s lovely.” “No, it’s offal. Part of a cow’s stomach.” He never ate it again. My mother said to her: “Now what am I going to feed him?”