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 Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd to E.W. Hives regarding the speed of a car at Brooklands and taking delivery of another.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\2\ scan0014 | |
| Date | 30th May 1934 | |
| X7961 LONDON OFFICE:- BUSH HOUSE, ALDWYCH, W.C.2. TELEPHONE: TEMPLE BAR 7193 TELEGRAMS: "BRISTAIRCO, BUSH LONDON" TELEGRAMS: INLAND: AVIATION, PHONE, FILTON. FOREIGN: AVIATION, FILTON. CODES:- WESTERN UNION. BENTLEY'S & A.B.C. "Bristol" Aeroplanes and Aero Engines. TELEPHONES: OFFICES and WORKS, 45051 [PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE] THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY LTD (SBAC THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTORS logo) SIR G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} STANLEY WHITE, Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} (MANAGING DIRECTOR.) FILTON HOUSE, BRISTOL, ENG. Your Ref. Our Ref. ENGINES F/HCM-8. 30th May 1934. E.W.Hives Esq, Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd, Derby. Dear Hives, Very many thanks for your letter of the 28th instant, reference:- Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/MJ. and for the information contained therein regarding the speed obtained by Mr Lappin with my car on Brooklands. I am taking delivery of my car on Friday morning next, the 1st June. After I have had a little experience of the car, I will write you again, and say how things are going. Yours sincerely, A.H.R. Fedden (signature) A.H.R.Fedden. (Stamped box) This Letter was dictated by Mr. A.{Mr Adams} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} R.{Sir Henry Royce} FEDDEN. | ||