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10 December, 2025
Town’s vintage tyre sign stolen
Owner Ian Donaldson said the Olympic Tyre sign had been standing tall on the High Street site since the shop was built in 1956.
A PIECE of Charlton history has been taken in an early morning heist over the weekend.
Charlton Tyre & Battery Service was targetted in the early hours of Saturday morning, with thieves caught on camera taking a vaulable - and arguably heavy - piece that all who travel through town would know well.
Owner Ian Donaldson said the Olympic Tyre sign had been standing tall on the High Street site since the shop was built in 1956.
“It’s quite a unique piece,” he said.
“We caught people on camera at about 4.45am on Saturday morning and it looks like they were gone by 5am.
“It looks like they’ve used something like an angle grinder to cut it off at the base, but left some of the pole there.”
Mr Donaldson said he had been receiving calls from people across the state saying they had been offered the vintage piece.
“It’s great that people have rang and said someone had tried to sell it to them, but we still don’t know where it is,” he said.
“We’ve got police working hard on helping us find it, we just want to have it back.”
Anyone with information is urged to contact Charlton police or CrimeStoppers by calling 1800 333 000 or visit their website, crimestoppers.com.au/report-a-crime/, to submit an anonymous report online.
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