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 confirming the commencement of manufacturing two pairs of springs to drawings F.61003 and F.61009.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\1\ scan0360 | |
| Date | 13th September 1935 | |
| THOS FIRTH & JOHN BROWN LTD INCORPORATING THE WHOLE OF THE UNDERTAKING OF THOS FIRTH & SONS LTD AND THE STEEL BUSINESS PREVIOUSLY CARRIED ON BY JOHN BROWN & CO LTD ATLAS & NORFOLK WORKS SHEFFIELD. 1 Telephones: ATLAS & NORFOLK WORKS SHEFFIELD 20081 (11 LINES) TINSLEY WORKS SHEFFIELD 41193 SCUNTHORPE FOUNDRY SCUNTHORPE LINCS 22 Telegraphic Addresses FIRTH SHEFFIELD ATLAS SHEFFIELD London Office 8, THE SANCTUARY WESTMINSTER, S.W.1 Telegraphic Addresses HESMERIC, PARL, LONDON ALDWARKE, PARL, LONDON Telephone Number 8310 VICTORIA Codes: PRIVATE A B C. 6TH EDITION. BENTLEY'S 1912 & 1929, LIEBERS, LOMBARD, MARCONI, WESTERN UNION 5 LETTER. YOUR REFERENCE Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.14/KW. REGISTERED OFFICE: ATLAS WORKS, SHEFFIELD OUR REFERENCE WHICH PLEASE QUOTE HWP/28/35. Spring Dept, Tinsley. 13th.September.1935. Messrs.Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 11th inst., and would say that we have commenced the manufacture of the 2. Pairs of Springs to Drawings F.61003 and F.61009., and will post to-morrow the full details you require to complete your Drawings. Yours faithfully, THOS. FIRTH & JOHN BROWN LTD. H.W.Parker. for Director. Handwritten text: LES x5/46 | ||