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).
Urgent internal memo to order 3-ply Corrujoint gaskets from The Southwark Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\4\ scan0199 | |
| Date | 18th February 1939 | |
| 1/24 Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} G/JWH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}4/R.18.2.39. Will you please order immediately from:- The Southwark Manufacturing Co.,Ltd., Green Lane, Small Heath, BIRMINGHAM, 9. 6- 3 ply Corrujoint gaskets (.030 thick) to EB.2619, including the modification Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}115. The same people supplied similar gaskets for the 1936 T.T. race. The above are exceptionally urgent, and we should like a promise for delivery. Order No. for the job 51920. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||