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).
Official order for a rubber strip from British Tyre & Rubber Co.Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\2\ scan0023 | |
| Date | 12th May 1939 | |
| 1021. To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to G/JWH. c. to G/Mt. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}1/JH.12.5.39. Will you please send an official order to British Tyre & Rubber Co.Ltd. Burton on Trent for - 5 ft. of rubber strip 2 1/2" wide x 1/8" thick durometer 45°. This has been supplied. O/N.52487. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||