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- 1770
- John Barras & Company of Gateshead founded
- 1890
- Gateshead Brewery bought by the North Eastern Railway Company. John Barras & Company purchased the Tyne Brewery and linked with several small breweries in North Shields, Gateshead and Sunderland to form The Newcastle Breweries Ltd
- 1913
- The first of many extensions to the Tyne Brewery carried out and, following the First World War, the Blue Star was adopted as the Company's trade mark
- 1927
- Newcastle Brown Ale introduced
- 1950s
- Robert Deuchar Ltd of Newcastle and Duddingston, James Deuchar Ltd of Newcastle and Montrose, and John Rowell & Son Ltd of Gateshead become part of The Newcastle Breweries
- 1960
- The Newcastle Breweries Ltd and Scottish Brewers Ltd merged to form Scottish & Newcastle Breweries
 1996 - The entrance to the new Tyne Brewery
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