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 (Gin Wigmore song) Black Sheep (Gin Wigmore song) "Black Sheep" is a song by Gin Wigmore from her album "Gravel & Wine". It was released as a single on 26 September 2011. A music video for "Black Sheep" was released on 12 October 2011. The song appeared in episode 12, season 8 of television series "Grey's Anatomy", in episode 2, season 2 of "Teen Wolf", and in episode 5, season 5 of "The Good Wife", and she appeared singing it on "Gift of Revenge", a segment of ABC's television show "Revenge" in season 2, episode 7. Wigmore performed the song on a season