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
Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie is an upcoming 2019 British stop-motion animated sci-fi comedy film. It is a sequel to 2015's "Shaun the Sheep Movie", both based on the "Shaun the Sheep" television series, which in turn is a spin off of the "Wallace and Gromit" film of 1995, "A Close Shave". The story will focus on Shaun and the flock, as they encounter a cute alien with extraordinary powers, who crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm and would soon have to find a way to return her home in order to prevent an