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 a customer requesting an expert eye over their car during repairs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\1\ scan0226 | |
| Date | 1st May 1936 | |
| TELEGRAMS: "EBRASAVO, STOCK, LONDON" TELEPHONE NO METROPOLITAN 4161 (10 LINES.) E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} B. SAVORY & Co. STOCK & SHARE BROKERS. PARTNERS, E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BRAITHWAITE SAVORY. W. R.{Sir Henry Royce} RHODES. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} SAVORY. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} S. SAVORY. F.I.A. O.{Mr Oldham} OLDFIELD. W. LANDELLS. T. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} F.{Mr Friese} MACNEAL. Hon. W. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} BETHELL. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} C. GARNETT. OUR REFERENCE WGB/AA{D. Abbot-Anderson} Basildon House, Moorgate, (and Stock Exchange) London. E.C.2. 1st May, 1936. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Rowbottom, Esq., Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. Dear Roy{Sir Henry Royce}, I sent my Rolls-Royce to be decarbonised and for one or two other odd repairs. I shall be awfully obliged if you can find time to cast your expert eye over the car and see that everything is O.K. I hope you do not mind my writing to you, as I know you must be very busy. Yours sincerely, Billy Bethell. | ||