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 Skefko Ball Bearing Company Ltd. clarifying an order for water pump spindles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0322 | |
| Date | 16th November 1938 | |
| 1269 File Water Pump General THE SKEFKO BALL BEARING COMPANY Ltd. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS LUTON YOUR REF OUR REF. Technical/F.{Mr Friese} GEG/CB. CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR MINISTRY, INDIA OFFICE AND CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES. TELEPHONE: 1100 LUTON (4 LINES) PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE. TELEGRAMS: "SKEFKO TELEX" LUTON. TELEX NO: LUTON 2884. CABLES: SKEFKO, LUTON, ENGLAND. 16th November 1938. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, Nightingale Road, D E R B Y. Attention of Mr. C.S. Steadman. Dear Sirs, Further to our letter of the 11th instant, we have now received from you your Order No: 75296 calling for two water pump spindles. We presume, therefore, that your previous order No. 75213, to which reference was made in our letter of the 11th instant, was the confirmatory order for the spindles already despatched to you. You will recall that your initial order No. 71575 specified three spindles only but that following your request to our Mr. Lillis six spindles were despatched, and were handed over to you by him on the 25th of last month. The two spindles now forwarded to you will, therefore, be allocated against your Order No: 75296. Trusting this matter is now satisfactorily straightened out, We remain, Yours faithfully, THE SKEFKO BALL BEARING CO. LTD. BRANCH OFFICES: ABERDEEN 23, WINDMILL BRAE. TELEPHONE: ABERDEEN 7824. BELFAST 41, VICTORIA SQUARE. TELEPHONE: BELFAST 23965. BIRMINGHAM 183-185, CORPORATION STREET. TELEPHONE: CENTRAL 3011-2. BRISTOL 73, VICTORIA STREET. TELEPHONE: BRISTOL 23771. CARDIFF CHURCH HOUSE, 16, WESTGATE STREET. TELEPHONE: CARDIFF 7162. DUBLIN 28, UPPER O'CONNELL STREET. TELEPHONE: DUBLIN 44416. GLASGOW METROVICK HOUSE, 74, WATERLOO STREET. TELEPHONE: CENTRAL 3268. LEEDS LONDON ASSURANCE HOUSE, WINE STREET, (OFF INFIRMARY STREET) TELEPHONE: LEEDS 28059. LEICESTER 17, WATERLOO STREET. TELEPHONE: LEICESTER 58722. LONDON 109, KINGSWAY, W. C. 2. TELEPHONE: HOLBORN 4623-4. MANCHESTER SUNLIGHT HOUSE, QUAY STREET. TELEPHONE: BLACKFRIARS 7077-8. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE 31, MOSLEY STREET. TELEPHONE: NEWCASTLE 23736. NOTTINGHAM CLUMBER BUILDINGS, CLUMBER STREET. TELEPHONE: 43609. SHEFFIELD 97, WEST STREET. TELEPHONE: SHEFFIELD 25358. TELEGRAMS: "SKEFKO" ALL BRANCHES. | ||