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).
Quotation from Attwater & Sons for Bakelite Fabric Tube.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0274 | |
| Date | 29th August 1938 | |
| 1269 REG. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: ATTWATERS, PRESTON. Codes: 5th & 6th Edition and 5 Letter "A.B.C.", Western Union, Bentleys and Marconi. On Admiralty and War Office Lists. ESTABLISHED 1868. TELEPHONE 4045-6 (two lines). ATTWATER & SONS RICHARD ATTWATER FREDERICK ATTWATER ERNEST ATTWATER HARRY ATTWATER W.C. ATTWATER RICHARD ATTWATER, JUNR. WHILST I LIVE I'LL CROW REGD TRADE MARK NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN All orders are accepted subject to supplies of the necessary raw materials being obtainable and at the price at which they were contracted for, also to there being sufficient amount of labour. ALL OFFERS SUBJECT UNSOLD AND MARKET FLUCTUATIONS. Hopwood St Mills, PRESTON, ENGLAND. Our Ref. No. Q5/9731. Your Ref. No. RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}STD. 2.JH.Experimental Dept. 29th Aug/38 93 Dear Sirs, In reply to your esteemed enquiry of 25th. we have pleasure in quoting as under:- hdw 14/- gross 3108 Bakelite Fabric Tube in 36" approx lengths, 1 1/4" o.d. x 1" i.d., as sample ... per foot 1/10 1/2d. Good delivery. Packed. Terms: nett one month after date of Invoice. Time of Delivery: Delivered: cge paid on £1. lots and over. We trust to be favoured with your Orders, which shall have our best attention. Experimental Dept., Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Yours respectfully, p.p. ATTWATER & SONS | ||