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 Peto & Radford concerning the supply of a Dagenite accumulator battery for Mr. Hall's racing Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\4\ Scan224 | |
| Date | 17th August 1935 | |
| MANUFACTURERS OF ACCUMULATORS FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. x6021. NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN DAGENITE ACCUMULATORS Manufactured and Sold by PETO & RADFORD Proprietors: Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Co. Ltd. LONDON SERVICE DEPOT 107a PIMLICO ROAD LONDON, S.W.1 TEL. SLOANE 6114 50 GROSVENOR GARDENS YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. 7/MJ. OUR REF. HO/C LONDON, S.W.1. TELEPHONE SLOANE 7164 TELEGRAMS CONCENTRATION SOWEST, LONDON 17th August, 1935. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} West, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Experimental Department, D E R B Y. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Ratcliff Dear Mr. West, Your letter of August 15th, addressed to Mr. Pritchett has been passed over to me for attention, and we will be only too happy to supply you with a battery for Mr. Hall's racing Bentley. I have issued a requisition on the Works for one of our '6.BHD9-S' batteries to be sent to you fully charged and complete with cover and holding-down bolts, and, as you suggest, we will take the precaution of giving this battery a special examination and test before it is despatched to you. We will attach a tie-on label to the battery reading - 'For Mr. Hall's Bentley car: refer to Mr.H.E. West'. I certainly hope that Mr. Hall will run away with the race this year - he certainly should do with your support behind him. Yours faithfully, PETO & RADFORD. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Elven WORKS: DAGENHAM DOCK. ESSEX. BRANCHES AT GLASGOW AND MANCHESTER. DISTRIBUTING DEPOTS AT BELFAST. BRISTOL, CORK, DUBLIN. NORWICH AND OKEHAMPTON | ||