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 a travel agent regarding travel arrangements and ticket prices for the Le Mans Race, which was subsequently postponed.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\4\ Scan278 | |
| Date | 9th June 1936 | |
| DIRECTORS: SIR EDMUND WYLDbore-SMITH. STANLEY ADAMS. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} C. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} LEADER. LT.-COL. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. BACKHOUSE, D.S.O. BARON GIORGIO BLANC (ITALIAN). S. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} GILBERT (AMERICAN). LEON L. GAMERT (FORMERLY BELGIAN). SIR EDWARD CRONIN, K.B.M.G., ETC. RT. HON. LORD MOTTISTONE. BARON A.{Mr Adams} KROLL (BELGIAN). LIONEL VELANI (ITALIAN). TELEPHONE: GROSVENOR 4000. EXTENSION 270. INLAND TELEGRAMS: "COUPON, PICCY, LONDON." CABLES: "COUPON, LONDON." THOS. COOK & SON, LTD. WORLD-WIDE TRAVEL SERVICE ESTABLISHED 1841. GENERAL FOREIGN PASSENGER AGENTS PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD HEAD OFFICE: BERKELEY STREET, LONDON, W.1. WAREHOUSES: 70-77, COWCROSS STREET, E.C.1. OFFICES OF THOS. COOK & SON, LTD., AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES. [List of offices in UK & Ireland] BARROW-IN-FURNESS, BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BLACKBURN, BOLTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BRADFORD, BRISTOL, BURNLEY, CARDIFF, CHELTENHAM, DUBLIN, EASTBOURNE, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, GLOUCESTER, HANLEY, HULL, LEEDS, LEICESTER, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, NORWICH, NOTTINGHAM, OLDHAM, PLYMOUTH, PORTSMOUTH, ROCHDALE, SHEFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDERLAND, WOLVERHAMPTON, YORK. [List of overseas offices] DURBAN, JOHANNESBURG, LOS ANGELES, MELBOURNE, MOMBASA, MONTREAL, NAIROBI, NEW YORK, PERTH (W. AUSTRALIA), PHILADELPHIA, PITTSBURGH, SAN FRANCISCO, SYDNEY, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON (D.C., U.S.A.). WELLINGTON. ALGIERS, AMSTERDAM, ANTWERP, ATHENS, BARCELONA, BEIRUT, BERLIN, BIARRITZ, BLANKENBERGHE, BRUSSELS, CANNES, COLOGNE, COPENHAGEN, ELISABETHVILLE, FLORENCE, GENEVA, GENOA, THE HAGUE, HAMBURG (CORRESPONDENT), INNSBRUCK, INTERLAKEN, LAUSANNE, LISBON, LUCERNE, LUGANO, MADRID, MARSEILLES, MENTONE, MONTE CARLO, MONTREUX, MUNICH (CORRESPONDENT), NAPLES, NICE, OSLO, OSTEND, PALERMO, PARIS, ROME, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} MORITZ, SAN REMO, SEVILLE, STOCKHOLM, TOULON, TRIESTE, VENICE, VIENNA, WIESBADEN, ZURICH. PLEASE QUOTE THIS REFERENCE BK{A. Birkett - Commercial Manager}/29495/TW BERKELEY STREET LONDON, W.1 UNDERGROUND STATION: GREEN PARK. [Pink Slip Text] To avoid delay please affix this slip to your reply. Ref. B.K./ 29495/H Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. Dear Sirs, We are in receipt of your HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/HM.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}9/KW of the 6th instant, and would advise you that we are not organising any special party for the Le Mans Race. There are special tickets issued from London via Newhaven and Dieppe direct to Le Mans at £6. 5. 4d. 1st-class, £5. 1. 5d 2nd-class, £3. 10. 6d. 3rd-class - available 17 days - and £5. 4. 0 1st-class, £4. 0. 10d. 2nd-class, £2. 19. 3d. 3rd-class, available for the weekend. It was originally intended to issue these tickets on June 12th and 13th. By this service the passengers would leave London at 10.05, arriving Le Mans at 20.20 the same day, or by the night service at 20.20, arriving Le Mans 9.24 the following day. A valid passport will be necessary in connection with a 17-day ticket, but not for the weekend. We are, dear Sirs, Yours truly, THOS. COOK & SON, LTD., F.{Mr Friese} Dodd. per: [Handwritten Note] Race now postponed until Aug 1st. POST DEPARTMENT. SAW/PMB. All sailings, fares and other particulars quoted herein are subject to alteration without notice. Any subsequent change, or adjustment, to be made at the time tickets are supplied. [Handwritten at top] X262 | ||