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 Ferodo Limited acknowledging a request for 2 inch square samples for a wall display board.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\2\ scan0309 | |
| Date | 12th July 1939 | |
| 1180 All Communications to be addressed to the Company. FERODO LIMITED TELEPHONE: 250 CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH (6 LINES) TELEGRAMS: FRICTION, PHONE, CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH. FERODO REGD. TRADE MARK. BRAKE & CLUTCH LININGS CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, STOCKPORT, ENGLAND. 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. Depots- LONDON 222, TOTTENHAM COURT RD W. 1. ABERDEEN 26, GUILD STREET. BELFAST 8, 10 & 12, MONTGOMERY ST BIRMINGHAM 198, CORPORATION ST BRISTOL 118, VICTORIA STREET. CARDIFF 60, CHARLES ST DUBLIN 120, UPPER ABBEY ST GLASGOW 70, WATERLOO ST LEEDS 25, HUNSLET RD LIVERPOOL 1-3, BERRY STREET. MANCHESTER 16, JACKSON'S ROW, DEANSGATE. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE 2A, ELDON PLACE, BARRAS BRIDGE. 12th July, 1939 YOUR REF. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}4/MH.{M. Huckerby} OUR REF. RAR/PW. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Experimental Department, Derby. Dear Sirs, We acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 11th July asking us for 2" square samples for fixing to a wall display board, and may say we are quite willing to supply you with these. We have put the work in hand and we expect these samples will be ready in the course of a day or so. They will then be sent to you together with a brief description of the composition of each lining. Yours faithfully, FERODO LIMITED. R A Robinson Technical Department. | ||