Old Tom

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Old Tom (TV series)

Old Tom is a TV show created by Yoram Gross, which ran from 2001 to 2002 in France and Australia. It was shown in the UK and US in 2002. It was about a lady named Ms Throgmortin who owned a cat named Old Tom. Together, they created mischief in their suburb. It was based on a series of books by Leigh Hobbs.

In Australia, it continues re-runs on the children's network, ABC3.

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Robinsons Brewery

Robinsons is a family-run, regional brewery, founded in 1849 at the Unicorn Inn in Stockport, England.

The company owns more than 300 public houses, mostly in North West England.

History

William Robinson purchased the Unicorn Inn from Samuel Hole on the 29th September 1838. His oldest son George brewed the first Robinsons Ale there in 1849.

In 1859, Frederic Robinson took over from George and bought a warehouse to the rear of the inn to expand brewing capacity. As a result, Robinsons ale became available at pubs around the Stockport area. To control the quality of ale sold, Frederic began to purchase public houses. From 1878 until his death in 1890, Frederic established twelve pubs which exclusively served his ale. This was the beginning of what was to become an estate of over 300 pubs across the North West of England and North Wales.

The Unicorn Brewery still rests on the foundations of the public house on Lower Hillgate in Stockport, Greater Manchester.

The brewery continues to be run by the fifth and sixth generations of the Robinson family. The company took over Hartley's Brewery in Ulverston in 1982, closing it and transferring the brewing of Hartley's beers to Stockport in 1991. Robinsons have acquired a number of other breweries over the years, including John Heginbotham, Stalybridge (1915); T. Schofield & Son, Ashton under Lyne (1926); Kays Atlas Brewery, Ardwick (1929) and Bell & Co, Stockport (1949).