Thomas C. Sharp

Thomas Coke Sharp (September 25, 1818 – April 9, 1894) was a prominent opponent of Joseph Smith and the Latter Day Saints in Illinois in the 1840s. Sharp promoted his anti-Mormon views largely through the Warsaw Signal newspaper, of which he was the owner, editor, and publisher. Sharp was one of five defendants tried and acquitted of the murders of Smith and his brother Hyrum.

Early life

Sharp was born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, the son of prominent Methodist preacher Solomon Sharp. He attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and was admitted to the legal bar of Cumberland County, Illinois in April 1840. However, Sharp was partially deaf, which made his functioning in courtrooms difficult and he gave up his Illinois legal practice after a few months.

Warsaw Signal and anti-Mormonism

Sharp moved to Warsaw, Illinois in September 1840. Approximately 18 months earlier, Latter Day Saints had begun to arrive in the same county and settle in the town of Commerce, which by 1840 had been renamed Nauvoo. In November, Sharp and a business partner purchased a Warsaw newspaper entitled Western World, which they renamed Warsaw Signal in 1841. Sharp used the paper to promote his opposition to the Mormon presence in Hancock County.

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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.

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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).

Thomas Sharp

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Tom Sharp (footballer)

Tom Sharp is a retired Scottish professional football defender who appeared in the Football League for Brentford. He began his career at Everton, captaining the youth team.

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Tom Sharp (cricketer)

Thomas Granville "Tom" Sharp (born 7 November 1977, Truro, Cornwall) is an English cricketer currently playing for Unicorns. Before joining Unicorns during the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 competition, Sharp played 9 List A matches for Cornwall, for whom he also plays in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship.

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