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HISTORY OF THE NEWCASTLE BREWERIES

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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