John Barras

In 1770 John Barras, a wealthy home brewer of Whickham, established a Brewery in Gateshead.
In 1884 John Barras jnr took over The Tyne Brewery and in 1890,
with John Barras as the major player, Newcastle Breweries was established...and for a while Newcastle Brown Ale was brewed in Gateshead, where so called Newcastle Exhibition was born... a full circle.

John Barras in the Bath Lane premises




This label is in the year he got others to join him to create Newcastle Breweries


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John Barras Junior

John Barras jnr lived in Farnacres


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