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    Dunlop Building

    The same thing happened more recently. Goodyear had taken over Cooper Tire in 2021. Cooper Tire were the American owners of Avon Tyres based in Melksham, Wiltshire. Of course it was easy to predict what would happen and the Avon tyre factory was closed down at the end of 2023. Another nail...
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    Dunlop Building

    The term "Fort Dunlop" referred to the entire site, not just the large building visible from the M6, which to everyone who worked there was known simply as 'Base Stores'. Unfortunately property developers do not take much notice of historical accuracy. Now the only tyres that are produced on...
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    Dunlop Building

    The motorsport factory, shown as Tyre 8 on the plan in the booklet survived until 2014 when it succumbed to JLR taking over the lease and basically throwing us off the site then demolishing the factory, warehouse and offices. Production of radial car race tyres were transferred to Hanau in...
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