Barratt's Dean Street Works
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Barratt's Dean Street Works
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 25 Sep 2015
R. A. Barrett & Co. was started in the 1860s when Adam Barrett set up shop on the corner of Brook Street and Welbeck Street in Ashton-under-Lyne. Alongside general provisions Barrett sold ginger beer which he made at the back of shop. It wasn't long before he was renowned for his ginger beer and in 1873 his son Richard established a small ginger beer factory on Berkeley Street. In 1894 they moved into these premises on Dean Street Image producing other soft drinks and mineral waters until the company closed in February 1977. The premises are currently being used by a glaziers.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.489288
Longitude
-2.101542