Old Tom Parr
Thomas Parr (1483 (reputedly) – 14 November 1635) was an Englishman who was said to have lived for 152 years. He is often referred to simply as Old Parr or Old Tom Parr.
A portrait of Parr hangs at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, with an inscription which reads “Thomas Parr died at the age of 152 years 9 months” “The old old very old man or Thos Parr son of John Parr of Winington in the Parish of Alberbury who was borne in the year 1483 in Rayne of King Edward IV being 152 yeares old in the year 1635”. The portrait was once in the collection of the Leighton family of Loton Park, which is in Parr's home parish of Alberbury.
Biography
Records vary, but Parr was allegedly born around 1483 in the parish of Alberbury, Shropshire. He had two children, both of whom died in infancy. He existed and even thrived on a diet of “subrancid cheese and milk in every form, coarse and hard bread and small drink, generally sour whey”, as William Harvey wrote. … "On this sorry fare, but living in his home, free from care, did this poor man attain to such length of days".
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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).
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