The Fosdyke Saga #1

Plot

The Fosdyke Saga deals with the family of Jos Fosdyke; he inherits a tripe factory from Ben Ditchley who disinherits his wastrel son Roger. A large part of the subsequent saga deals with Roger's unsuccessful attempts to regain his inheritance or otherwise gain revenge over the next twelve years; for example, when one of the Fosdyke sons attempts to sell tripe in the United States during Prohibition, he is nearly killed by Ditchley and his gangster associates who are selling alcoholic tripe on the black market.

The many Fosdyke children grow up and have adventures of their own, including joining the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Most of the rest of the saga involves the Fosdykes pursuing the tripe business in various ways, such as planting a case of tripe at the South Pole and attempting to sell tripe to the USSR.

Each book included bizarre settings, such as a rugby game between a Welsh choir and a lady's casual rugby team held in a Salford hotel (the stairs collapsed in the first half), a hunt for the Tripe Naughtee, and a "Brain of Salford" competition.