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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Scotland
1961 Company formed
1967 Public issue of shares
1970 Merged with Brown Brothers to form a tyre distributor having one third of the market held by independents, as well as selling accessories[1]
1974 As a result of liquidity problems, BB&A sold the tyres business, including Albany, to Firestone Tire and Rubber Co[2]
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