Northern Clubs Federation Brewery Ltd Rectangular Tin

Northern Clubs Federation Brewery Ltd tin tray dating from the 1950s. The business was founded at Alnwick in 1919 when George Stott Smart's High Brewery was acquired. The brewery was found to be in such poor working order that a second brewery was purchased in Hedley Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, where brewing began in 1921. The High Brewery in Alnwick was written-off as a bad investment. The Company name became Northern Clubs Federation Brewery Ltd in 1926. In 1927 a short lease was taken on John Buchanan's Hanover Square Brewery, Newcastle-on-Tyne, which then excercised an option to purchase the brewery in 1929. In 1931 all brewing was transferred to the Hanover Square Brewery. During the 1960s the Company switched its brewing from cask to keg beers. In 1980 all brewing was transferred to a new Federation Brewery which had been built in Dunston, Gateshead. The Dunston Brewery was sold to Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd in 2004. Controversially S&N closed the original Tyne Brewery, which was once part of Newcastle Breweries Ltd, and transferred all its brewing, including Newcastle Brown Ale, to the Dunston site in 2005. The Federation Brewery was eventually closed by Heineken in 2010. The manufacturer's mark states - Reginald Corfield Ltd Lombard Road. London. S.W.19.