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Ripspeed is a sub brand of Halfords, one of the leading automotive parts retailer in the United Kingdom.It began as an independent retailer in the 1970s, two decades later the business changed hands and was purchased in 1999 by Halfords, and operates as one of the five subsections of a store if it is present.
A Halfords in Kirkstall, Leeds (2006). Halfords was founded by Frederick Rushbrooke, in Birmingham in 1892, as a wholesale ironmongery. [3] The company takes its name from Halford Street, named after the physician, Henry Halford, in Leicester, where Rushbrooke opened a store in 1902 and started selling cycling goods.
In December 2021, the National Tyre and Autocare garage chain merged with Halfords, a competitor in automotive part sales. As a result, Halfords possessed a combined total of 604 garages and 235 Halford Mobile Expert vans across the UK, providing all types of garage services such as tyre fitting, MOTs, repairs and servicing. [5]
Halfords Autocentre in Newport, Isle of Wight in March 2012. Nationwide Autocentre was founded in January 2001, as a former subsidiary of Lex Autocentres, owned by Lex Service plc when it was under the leadership of Andy Harrison. Since 1999, these were part of the RAC's motoring division, when it was bought by Lex.
Family owned discount shops department store chain based in Scarborough. Stores primarily in the North of England and East Midlands. The Factory Shops c.1980s The Factory Shops Essex Ltd 5 Family run Essex-based discount shop [1] Home Bargains: 1976 TJ Morris: 539 In-Excess UK 4 Discounter based in Hampshire and Dorset: The Original Factory ...
Seeley was born in Crayford, Kent.He left school at fourteen and started riding on his handyman-father Percy's Vincent Rapide when he obtained his licence at sixteen, beginning his working motorcycle career as an apprentice for Harcourt Motorcycles, becoming acquainted with Bernie Ecclestone at his nearby used motorcycle salesroom, followed by Halfords motorists' shop, both in Bexleyheath ...
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High jump: 2.38 m [51] Steve Smith: 4 February 1994 annual "Jump to the Music" Wuppertal, Germany Pole vault: 5.83 m [51] Luke Cutts: 25 January 2014 Perche Elite Tour Meeting Rouen, France [52] Long jump: 8.26 m A: Greg Rutherford: 5 February 2016 New Mexico Collegiate Classic Albuquerque, United States [53] Triple jump: 17.75 m Phillips Idowu ...