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).
Old Tom (killer whale)
Old Tom (c. 1895 – 17 September 1930) was the name given to an orca by whalers in the port of Eden on the southeast coast of Australia. Old Tom measured 22 feet (6.7 m) and weighed 6 tons. The skull measured 1.02 m and the teeth measured about 5.31 inches (13.4 cm). Old Tom was thought to be the leader of a pod of killer whales who helped the whalers by herding baleen whales into Twofold Bay. The killer whales would help kill the whales; in return, the whalers allowed the killer whales to eat the tongues and the lips of the baleen whales, an agreement known as the Law of the Tongue.
On 17 September 1930, Old Tom was found dead in Twofold Bay. Before his death Old Tom had been thought to be over 80 years old, but on examination of the remains this estimate was reduced to about 35 years. However, this method of age determination is now believed to be inaccurate for older animals.
Old Tom's bones were preserved and his skeleton is now on display in the Eden Killer Whale Museum.
