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 tyre supplier explaining a delivery delay due to a factory breakdown.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\3\ scan0229 | |
| Date | 3rd December 1940 | |
| ESTABLISHED 1885 AVON SYMBOLS OF ENDURANCE CHAIRMAN MAJOR R.F. FULLER, J.P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SIR HERBERT E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BLAIN, C.B.E. M.INST.T. JOINT GENERAL MANAGERS H.H. COSHAY O.F. SWANBOROUGH. SECRETARY & ACCOUNTANT E.H. LOVELL, A.C.I.S. The AVON INDIA RUBBER CO. Ltd. SERVICE DEPOTS, LONDON, BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL, MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE, GLASGOW, BELFAST. Telegrams RUBBER MELKSHAM. Telephone MELKSHAM 120 (6 Lines). Codes A.B.C. 5TH EDN. WESTERN UNION, BENTLEYS & M.T. PRIVATE CODE. LONDON OFFICE, MABLEDON PLACE, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} PANCRAS, LONDON, W.C.1. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS, MELKSHAM, WILTS. Handwritten: tyres avon Handwritten: 1331 JGM/VB. 3rd. December. 1940. Mr. Robotham, Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr. Robotham, Further to our letter to you of the 16th. ult., and with particular reference to the last paragraph of this letter in which we promised to despatch 8 - 4 ply 7.50/16 Silent Tyres and 12 - 4 ply 7.00/16 Silent Tyres during the week-commencing 25th. November. We are sorry that owing to a serious breakdown to an important unit of our tyre manufacturing plant and the consequent reduction in output, we have found it impossible to keep this promise to you. We expect that the repair to the unit referred to above will be completed either by the end of this week or the beginning of next week, and we shall therefore be back to our normal output during next week. We shall make every endeavour to have your tyres despatched to you during the week-commencing 16th. December. Yours faithfully, THE AVON INDIA RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Mackay DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND CHIEF CHEMIST. | ||