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).
Request to place an official order for various rubber blocks from the British Goodrich Co. Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\1\ scan0262 | |
| Date | 29th April 1936 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} X1160 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}9/KW.29.4.36. Will you please pass an official order to the British Goodrich Co.Ltd., Burton-on-Trent, for :- 16. Rubber Block 1⅞" dia. x ⅝" thick. 6. Rubber Blocks 1¼" dia.x ½" thick. These were collected by our man yesterday, and were referred to in our letter Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}10/KW.28.4.36 which was delivered by hand. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.Dodd. | ||