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 supplier Ferodo Limited regarding a delay in dispatching samples of woven tape.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\1\ scan0224 | |
| Date | 24th December 1936 | |
| 1180 All Communications to be addressed to the Company FERODO LIMITED TELEPHONE: 10 CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH (4 LINES) TELEGRAMS: FRICTION, PHONE, CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH. FERODO BRAKE & CLUTCH LININGS CODES: WESTERN UNION FIVE LETTER EDITION, BENTLEYS COMPLETE & 2ND PHRASE, MARCONI INTERNATIONAL, LIEBER'S CODE, LIEBER'S LATEST CODE, A.B.C. 5TH & 6TH EDITIONS. CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, STOCKPORT, ENGLAND. Depots:- LONDON 222, TOTTENHAM COURT RD W. 1. ABERDEEN 26, GUILD STREET. BELFAST 8, 10 & 12, MONTGOMERY ST BIRMINGHAM 198, CORPORATION ST BRIGHTON 84, QUEEN'S ROAD. BRISTOL 118, VICTORIA STREET. CARDIFF 39, CHARLES ST DUBLIN 120, UPPER ABBEY ST GLASGOW 70, WATERLOO ST LEEDS 25, HUNSLET RD LIVERPOOL 1-3, BERRY STREET. MANCHESTER 32, CATHEDRAL ST NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE WORSWICK CHAMBERS. 10, WORSWICK ST OFF PILGRIM ST 24th December 1936. YOUR REF. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.14/AP OUR REF. JNL/IS. Handwritten: Noted Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/STD For the attention of Mr Steadman. Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We regret the delay in replying to your letter of November 18th. It has been occasioned by the length of time that it has taken to get specially woven a tape .8" x .1". We have now obtained supplies .875" x .1", and hope to finish and dispatch samples, graphited and ungraphited, in the first few days of the New Year. Yours faithfully, FERODO LIMITED, Mongley Director & Chief Chemist. | ||