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 to D.L. Frise of Bristol Aeroplane Co. confirming travel arrangements, mentioning the 'Black-out'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\1\ img123 | |
| Date | 4th December 1940 | |
| Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/ML. 4.12.40. D.L.Frise,Esq., Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton House, BRISTOL. Dear Frise, Confirming our telephone conversation. The days being short, I hope to come down to Bristol on Friday morning, and will be with you at about 11.30.a.m. I hope to leave about 1.30 because driving conditions are so bad at night and I want to be back before "Black-out". I expect we can cover the ground in about half an hour and then I will get back. Yours sincerely, Dicated, but signed in Mr. Robotham's absence. | ||