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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 {Mr Friese} /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.
  
  
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).


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