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  • Farewell to Avon Tyres: factory closes its doors after 112 years

    Farewell to Avon Tyres: factory closes its doors after 112 years

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    17 January 2024

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    Alex Bestwick

    It’s a sad thing, but the last tyres came off the production line at ‘Cooper Tires’ in Melksham at the end of 2023; we’d know them better as Avon Tyres.


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