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 Hubert HP Trist & Company arranging a visit and discussing brake linings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\4\ scan0156 | |
| Date | 26th January 1938 | |
| 1181. CONTRACTORS TO HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT BRANCHES: LONDON, NEWCASTLE, GLASGOW SWANSEA, BELFAST, DUBLIN AND AGENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TRADE MARK 'TOP-DOG' ALL THAT THE NAME IMPLIES B. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DRAPER HUBERT H.P. TRIST & COMPANY TELEGRAPHIC & CABLE ADDRESS SPECIALITIES BRISTOL TELEPHONES: {77093, 77094} BRISTOL CODE: A B C 5TH & 6TH EDITIONS OUR REF BED/JR{Mr James Royce}/12,265 YOUR REF Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/R.{Sir Henry Royce} TOP-DOG BRAKE & CLUTCH LINING WORKS BRISLINGTON, BRISTOL, 4. DATE 26th January, 1938. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 25th instant, and we note with pleasure that you will be visiting us on Saturday of this week. The writer will make a point of being here to meet you. We shall have two sets of brake linings ready for despatch tomorrow, but in view of the close proximity of your visit, we will hold these over for you to see. Yours faithfully, HUBERT H.P. TRIST & COMPANY. | ||