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Thu 6 Apr 2006 09:13
Dunlop. - jc2
It's reported this morning that Goodyear are closing one of their Dunlop factories(Tyne & Wear).
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Thu 6 Apr 2006 09:34
Dunlop. - Collos25
They cannot compete with far east imports that they themselves are making.UK industry plc is implodeing at an alarming rate,500 hundred jobs gone forever.I suppose it will make a good site for a supermarket.
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Thu 6 Apr 2006 12:11
Dunlop. - L'escargot
They cannot compete with far east imports that they themselves are
making.UK industry plc is implodeing at an alarming rate,500 hundred jobs
gone forever.


I've no doubt the Far East tyres will be every bit as good as the UK production. The unfortunate fact is that costs in this country are too high. A lot of manufacturers are setting up factories abroad. You can't blame them ~ they're in it for the money just the same as everybody else. I've no doubt that to an extent we only have ourselves to blame for expecting such a high standard of living.
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L\'escargot.
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Thu 6 Apr 2006 12:17
Dunlop. - Collos25
I wonder how it is that the German tyre manufacturing is expanding without being political.
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Thu 6 Apr 2006 14:06
Dunlop. - jc2
The old East German factories??
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Thu 6 Apr 2006 14:37
Dunlop. - IanJohnson
Was in one of the high street fashiopn outlets (shopping with daughter) only to find that Dunlop Green Flash plimsols are now a fashion item! Dunlop can't be doing to badly.

Must dig out the 30 year old pair from the garage and list on ebay!
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Thu 6 Apr 2006 14:43
Dunlop. - Falkirk Bairn
I think you will find that Dunlop Spoprts equipment and Dunlop Tyres are no longer related and parted company 30/40 years ago. A bit like the Aero engines & cars of Rolls-Royce.
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Thu 6 Apr 2006 14:52
Dunlop. - Ian (Cape Town)
Nothing wrong with the old Green Flash!
I worked at a sports shop once, and we used to sell hundreds of pairs every summer to foreign (mostly Italian) tourists - apparently the Green Flash was a high fashion item in Rome.
That and Stan Smith tennis shoes.
29.99 - Ker-ching!
Ripping it back to motoring, for some reason in this neck-of-the-woods the latest retro motoring fad is the static-strip hanging from the rear bumper (circa 1983?). I haven't seen them for AGES, but suddenly every boy-racer and chavster has them fitted to their corsa or Golf.

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Thu 6 Apr 2006 15:30
Dunlop. - Collos25
The old East German factories??


No Fulda and Continental
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