Yes, Pennines, there was a Threlfalls brewery, Liverpool / Salford areas, mostly. It took over Chesters, and a few others, and was itself taken over by Whitbread. And, no, I've never ever tasted any of it. My father said it was more or less aimed at industrial workers in Victorian times, as end-of-day thirst-slaking.
_And, no, I've never ever had the slightest confusion - always female.
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