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 Hallam, Sleigh & Cheston regarding the supply of car heaters and demisters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\3\ scan0216 | |
| Date | 1st April 1940 | |
| TELEPHONE: ASTON CROSS 0914 (3 Lines) (PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE) TELEGRAMS: SUPERFINE BIRMINGHAM 1158 HALLAM, SLEIGH & CHESTON CONTRACTORS TO H.M. GOVERNMENT, BRITISH AND FOREIGN RAILWAYS MANUFACTURERS OF PRIVATE CAR AND PASSENGER VEHICLE FITTINGS WIDNEY WORKS BAGOT STREET BIRMINGHAM 4 YOUR REF Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/ED{J. L. Edwards}2/GH OUR REF HAB/SJJ. The WIDNEY ESTB'D HSC 1898. ASSOCIATED WITH WIDNEY MANUFACTURING CO. LTD. MAIDENHEAD MICROVERNIER LTD. BIRMINGHAM ON AIR MINISTRY APPROVED LISTS PARTNERS: H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} L. SLEIGH A.{Mr Adams} S. CHESTON Manufacturers of Widney Sliding Seat Assemblies, Occasional Seats, Head Fittings, Car Door Locks, Dovetails, Door Buffers, Blind Rollers in Wood or Metal. Medium & Light Steel Pressings, Forgings. Widney Sliding Glass Run Channels, Velvet Covered Rubber or Metal and Felt, Sections in Brass or Steel. Ventilation Windows. Widney Road or Rail Vehicle Windows, Sliding Cab Windows, Metal Pans, Simplastic Glazing for Fixed Windows. Widney Unbroken Line Bonnet Hinge, Bonnet Fasteners, Un-broken Line Concealed Door Hinges. Widney Aircraft Components. April 1st 1940. Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, Derby. Dear Sirs, For the Attention of Mr. John. L. Edwards Further to our letter of the 20th March reference HAB/SJJ, we have pleasure in sending you a leaflet describing the complete range of heating equipment which we are now producing. We very much regret the delay in sending you the two heaters which you ordered, but we have held this up in the hope that we might have been able to supply the heater with a synthetic rubber demister attachment in place of the metal one. If we cannot arrange for this in the course of the next few days, we shall send the Heater with a metal demister connection. We trust you will be kind enough to let us know when you have this installed on a car, as our Mr. Brinkworth would very much like to call on you and discuss various possible improvements to make the Heater more suitable for your purpose. Yours faithfully, HALLAM, SLEIGH & CHESTON H.A. Brinkworth | ||