Black Sheep Brewery Theakston left in 1988, and after a hiatus of more than a year purchased the North Yorkshire Malt Roasting Company, originally part of the former Lightfoot's brewery site, from an animal feed company, in order to start a new brewery in Masham. Theakston wanted to use the Lightfoot name to bring back an old brewing tradition, but Scottish and Newcastle had already trademarked the name. The association of Masham with sheep led Theakston to come up with the name "Sheep Brewery" which rapidly became "Black Sheep" at his wife's suggestion. The first and original Black Sheep Best Bitter was sold
Black Sheep (anarcho-folk band) Black Sheep (anarcho-folk band) Black Sheep are an English anarcho-folk band formed by singer/songwriter and counter-cultural activist Julian Cope. They are the most recent of Cope's ongoing side projects, which include Brain Donor and Queen Elizabeth. The origins of Black Sheep lie in Julian Cope’s 2008 solo album "Black Sheep", for which he assembled a varied group of contributing musicians both from his longstanding talent pool and from more recent associates. "Black Sheep" was a predominantly acoustic project, dominated by Cope’s vocals and Mellotron playing and by varied contributions mainly played on acoustic guitars and large bass drums. Besides Cope