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 regarding permission to re-erect a sign, referencing wartime illegality of advertisements that could serve as enemy landmarks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\2\ img289 | |
| Date | 17th November 1940 | |
| 17 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/Dn 17th November 1 9 4 0. Messrs T. W. Pottage & Son Ltd, 26, St Marys, Y O R K.{Mr Kilner} ------------ Dear Sirs, November 15th Regarding your letter of November 15th. If you can get permission from the local authorities to re-erect this sign, we have no objection to its being put up on its original site. As you know, however, it is illegal to display any advertisements which might form a landmark for the enemy. The sign in question is in existence at the back | ||