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 The Light Production Co. Ltd. to the Experimental Department regarding a quotation for three sets and recuperation of Mr. Brooks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\2\ scan0123 | |
| Date | 25th January 1936 | |
| X236 TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 0671 (5 LINES). CODES: A.{Mr Adams} B. C. 5TH EDITION. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AND AIR MINISTRY LISTS. THE LIGHT PRODUCTION CO. LTD. PROPRIETORS OF THE LONDON PISTON RING CO. LIMITED. CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR: M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} V.{VIENNA} ROBERTS. DIRECTORS: C. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} GEELE. WM. THIRTLE. ENGINEERS TELEGRAMS: INLAND, NAPOLEONIC, SOWEST, LONDON. FOREIGN, NAPOLEONIC, LONDON. 60/66, ROCHESTER ROW, WESTMINSTER, S.W.1 WORKS AND GOODS ADDRESS: 61/67, GREENCOAT PLACE, WESTMINSTER, S.W.1. OUR REF. MVR/JE. YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/KW. 25th January, 1936. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, Experimental Department, DERBY. Dear Sirs, FOR THE ATTENTION OF MR. W.A. ROBOTHAM. We thank you for your letter of the 24th instant, and have noted the contents. Our Mr. Brooks is expected back at our Slough Works on Monday after a short holiday to enable him to recuperate from his recent illness. All the data and information will be ready for him so that he should be in a position to let you have a price for the three sets forthwith. We fully understand that you do not wish to spend a lot of money on the necessary equipment, and you can rest quite assured that we will do everything possible to reduce the cost down to the lowest possible level, particularly as your experiments are of very great interest to ourselves. Yours faithfully, FOR THE LIGHT PRODUCTION CO. LTD., [Signature] M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} V.{VIENNA} Roberts. MANAGING DIRECTOR. | ||