Vacu-Lug’s Alan Setchfield retires after 48-year career with retreader

Alan Setchfield, who retired exactly 48 years after he joined Vacu-Lug Alan Setchfield, who retired exactly 48 years after he joined Vacu-Lug

After almost half a century with Vacu-Lug, Alan Setchfield is retiring. Having begun his career as a yard boy in Grantham’s already long established tyre remoulding plant on 2 May 1966, aged 17, Setchfield can look back on a 48-year career, rising through the company. “I’ve enjoyed the journey and made many friends along the way,” he said, “But don’t worry, there’s plenty of tread left on this tyre for many miles to come!”

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