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
Kent Town Brewery Wine and Spirit Company (later South Australian Brewing Company) was formed to take over the assets of The Kent Town Brewery, West End Brewery and Rounsevell & Simms's wine and spirit business. An article on the practicalities of beer brewing in Adelaide (West End, Kent Town, Union, Pirie Street, Hindmarsh, Morphett Street, and Walkerville breweries) in the late 1860s may be read here. Kent Town Brewery Kent Town Brewery was a brewery in Kent Town, an inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The brewery was founded on King William Street, Kent Town near First Creek in 1856 by Capt. Henry