Records of William B Reid & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England

The collection consists of corporate records and promotional material relating to William B Reid & Co Ltd . Includes:

• Financial records, 1953-1957;
• Promotional material, 1957.

WB Reid & Co Ltd was registered on 11 May 1891 and acquired the businesses of WB Reid & Co, of Leazes Brewery (founded 1837 ) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Reid Brothers & Co, wine and spirit merchants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as well as the agency of William Younger & Co Ltd of Edinburgh, Scotland, for Northumberland and the Northern Division of Durham. The company owned a chain of public houses in the North of England, in its own name and in those of its subsidiaries John Reid & Sons Ltd (acquired in 1944) and J K Boucher Ltd (acquired in 1948). The company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of William Younger & Co Ltd in the 1950s, and in 1959  its assets and liabilities were transferred to Scottish Brewers Ltd in 1959, when W B Reid & Co Ltd ceased trading.

The material is arranged according to the Scottish Brewing Archive classification scheme used within all SBA collections.

Academic and personal research only, subject to the Data Protection Act 1998.

Material under 30 years old is closed to access. It is advised that you should contact the archivist before visiting.

Deposited by Scottish & Newcastle, March-June 1999.

Digital file list available in searchroom.

No known copies

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Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 0248 procedures

Custody of the Scottish Brewing Archive was transferred to Glasgow University Archive Services in 2008.

None expected.

No related material.

No known publications using this material.

This material is original

Fonds level description compiled by Cheryl Brown, Archive Cataloguer, 15 May 2012. Catalogue converted to Encoded Archival Description by Michelle Kaye, Archives Assistant, 13 June 2012. Catalogue revised by Michelle Kaye, Archives Assistant, 13 June 2012.

Description compiled in line with the following international standards: International Council on Archives Ad Hoc Commission on Descriptive Standards, ISAD(G) General International Standard Archival Description Notes and National Council on Archives, Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names. Scotland is the location of all place names in the administrative/biographical history element, unless otherwise stated.