From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter from The Leyland & Birmingham Rubber Co Ltd regarding sample hose connections.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 150\2\ scan0281 | |
| Date | 29th August 1939 | |
| 1280 ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY NOT TO INDIVIDUALS TELEGRAMS: RUBBER LEYLAND TELEPHONE: NO 81434. CODES USED: WESTERN UNION - 5 LETTER EDITION & BENTLEY'S. THE LEYLAND & BIRMINGHAM RUBBER CO LTD INDIA RUBBER & ASBESTOS MANUFACTURERS AND WATERPROOFERS BRANCHES: LONDON 31/35 WILSON STREET FINSBURY E C 2 BIRMINGHAM 261 CORPORATION STREET CARDIFF HARROWBY STREET "DOCKS" GLASGOW JAMES T GOUDIE & CO 52, ST ENOCH SQUARE. DUBLIN 83 MIDDLE ABBEY STREET JOHANNESBURG BARSDORF'S BUILDINGS. CALCUTTA 12 MISSION ROW BUENOS AIRES CALLE SOLIS, 439. WORKS LEYLAND NEAR PRESTON MARYHILL GLASGOW MITCHAM SURREY MEATH WORKS DUBLIN REGISTERED OFFICE: LEYLAND NEAR PRESTON ENGLAND REFERENCE WN/JC 29th August 1939 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, Ref. RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /EDG/MH. {M. Huckerby} Experimental Department. We duly received your letter of the 25th instant, and confirm that we have put in hand the sample hose connections to drawing EXS.1510, 1908 and 1909. These samples will be made up in a quality suitable for the conditions mentioned and we might add that it will be necessary for us to obtain a special shaped mandrel for each part number. Always at your service. Yours faithfully FOR THE COMPANY. All Contracts and Orders booked and Quotations given, subject to our right to withdraw or cancel same (without liability on our part), by reason of the interruption of due delivery, short supplies, or abnormally affected prices of Raw Material, arising from Strikes, Fire, or through causes beyond our control. | ||