Theakston Brewery company acquired and closed down the Lightfoot Brewery, also in Masham. Theakston's expanded into Cumbria in 1974 buying the Carlisle State Management Brewery. The brewery had been owned and operated by the government since 1916. However, the site was a financial drain on Theakston's and led to the company being taken over in 1984 by Blackburn based brewer, Matthew Brown plc. Matthew Brown was itself taken over by Scottish & Newcastle in 1987. Paul Theakston (Managing Director since 1968) left Theakston's in 1988, and in 1992 established the Black Sheep Brewery in the old Lightfoot Brewery premises - located adjacent
Black Sheep (1996 film) thing, it's a wonder they don't "Just Shoot Me"!" "Black Sheep" is the final appearance of Spade and Farley together, and it is often unfavorably compared to "Tommy Boy". Nonetheless, "Black Sheep" has gained a cult following. It has a 28% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film "two very big thumbs way down", with Siskel admitting that "Black Sheep" was one of only three films he ever walked out on, the others being "Million Dollar Duck" and "Maniac". Siskel stated several times that he did not respect Farley and thought of him as a