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Tyne & Wear
Defunct Brewery Livery

1 May 2011

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County Brewery Location Premises Description Contributors Photo?
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Tyne & Wear

Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc Battle Hill, Coast Road - Kings Road Rising Sun Three examples of 'Bass' lettering in script, each accompanied by a red triangle. SP 2010 .

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Gateshead, 369 Old Durham Road Plough A postwar pub with a projecting Newcastle 'Blue Star'. WRB 2009 .

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Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland Gateshead, High Street Blue Bell Lanterns ('VAUX FINE ALES & LAGERS Since 1806'). Oval wall plaque ('VAUX' in the centre surrounded by 'VAUX BREWERIES LTD ... BREWERS SINCE 1806 ... FINE ALES & LAGERS'. Two shields at high level - two blackbirds with a central 'V'. BL 2003; DT photo 2006 Picture

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Gateshead, Jackson Street Metropole Illuminated 'Blue Star' sign on the corner of the building. DT photo 2006 Picture

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Gateshead, Old Durham Road - corner of Lakells Lane Three Tuns A stone plaque features an 'NB' monogram and the date of construction. Also a projecting 'Blue Star' sign. SP 2008 .

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne New York, New York Road Wheatsheaf A 'Blue Star' on each end gable. SP 2010 .

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle, 103 Percy Street Hotspur Newcastle 'Blue Star' in leaded glass window above the side door. DT photo 2006 Picture

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle, 12 Clayton Street Lord Collingwood Illuminated 'Blue Star' sign in deteriorating condition. Also a star above the pub sign. DT photo 2006 Picture

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle, 125 Jesmond Road Punch Bowl This large stone pub has a blue Newcastle star over the front corner door, and a hanging sign featuring the blue star. CEx 2010 .

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Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland Newcastle, 133 Jesmond Road Pizzeria Santana Two Vaux lanterns. CEx 2010 .

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle, 70 Pitt Street Greyhound On the wall, a roundel with 'THE NEWCASTLE BREWERIES LIMITED' around the trademark blue star, formerly neon-illuminated. Above the hanging sign was a similar but much smaller device - but this had gone by 2010. The pub faces the former brewery site, and was in deteriorating condition in 2010. DT photo 2006; SP photo 2010 Picture

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle, Barrack Road - Stanhope Street Black Bull Trademark 'Blue Star' high on the corner splay of an interwar pub. DT photo 2006 Picture

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Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc Newcastle, Clayton Street - Grainger Market Black Garter From within Grainger Market, a large 'DRAUGHT Bass' sign with a red triangle, and a hand sign pointing to the pub entrance. WRB 2010; SP photo 2010 Picture

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle, Gallowgate - Corporation Street Newcastle Brewery (former) The former brewery had many identification features, including 'Blue stars'. The Visitor Centre featured wall tiling with a brown ale bottle. By 2010, the brewery was almost entirely demolished: the only identification surviving was one set of gates retaining the 'star' logo. DT photo 2006; WRB photo 2007; SP photo 2010 Picture

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle, Gallowgate Fluid Bar A 'Blue Star' - still neon-illuminated - at high level. SP photo 2010 Picture

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle, Groat Market Blackie Boy Between the second floor windows, a 'Blue Star' with neon illumination. SP photo 2010 Picture

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Shields, 34 Saville Street West Sir Colin Campbell A small oval Newcastle Breweries plaque by the main door: white lettering on maroon 'THE NEWCASTLE BREWERIES' surrounding an illustration of Tyne Bridge and '1890'. SRH photo 2007 Picture

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Vaux Breweries Ltd Sunderland South Hylton, High Street Jolly Potter A shield at high level: two blackbirds with a central 'V'. Also a ventilation plaque with two blackbirds. WRB photo 2009 Picture

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Sunderland - Millfield, 150 Hylton Road (corner of Cromwell Street) Mountain Daisy A wall-mounted neon-illuminated 'Blue Star' above the pub sign. WRB photo 2009 Picture

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Robert Deuchar Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Sunderland, 9 High Street West Dun Cow Gable with date '1901' and monogram 'RD'. SP 2003; WRB photo 2009 Picture

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Newcastle Breweries Ltd Newcastle-upon-Tyne Sunderland, 9 High Street West Dun Cow On the end wall, a large letter sign, neon-illuminated: 'Newcastle' (in script) ... 'ALES', and a blue star. WRB photo 2009 Picture

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QUERY Whitley Bay, Park View Fat Ox A stone shield with monogram 'JB' and date 1923. Could be John Barras, John Buchanan? More information please? WRB photo 2009 Picture

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