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).
Recommending a driving route from Derby to Leeds.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan267 | |
| Date | 11th October 1939 | |
| To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}13/MH.{M. Huckerby}11.10.39. With reference to your proposed visit to Leeds I recommend the following route:- Derby to Nottingham. Take the Arterial road just before entering Nottingham on the Derby-Nottingham road. This Arterial road is more or less a by-pass going round the outside of Nottingham. Follow it round until you reach the Mansfield-Ollerton branch. Go out on this road until it forks right to Ollerton, then go through to Ollerton, Worksop, Doncaster. From Doncaster there are two alternative routes to Leeds, either via Pontefract or Knottingley. We are not familiar with the present state of the roads and suggest that you make enquiries in Doncaster. The distance from Doncaster to Leeds is only about 28 miles. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||