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 supplier unable to source a 2-way switch with no 'off' position.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\1\ scan0180 | |
| Date | 10th December 1927 | |
| X3035 CONTRACTORS TO H.M.ADMIRALTY, INDIA OFFICE, WAR OFFICE, G.P.O. AND THE LEADING HOME AND OVERSEAS RAILWAYS. BIRMINGHAM Telephone: CENTRAL 7944/51 6 LINES Telegraphic Address: INSULATOR, BIRMINGHAM. YOUR REF. BPC5/T. OUR REF. H/B/466. TO ENSURE PROMPT ATTENTION PLEASE QUOTE ABOVE REFERENCE. WORKS: WITTON, BIRMINGHAM, COVENTRY, MANCHESTER, HAMMERSMITH, WEMBLEY, LEMINGTON-ON-TYNE, ERITH, SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON. BRANCHES: ABERDEEN, BELFAST, BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, CARDIFF, CORK, DUBLIN, DUNDEE, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, HULL, IPSWICH, LEEDS, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, NOTTINGHAM, SHEFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, SWANSEA. OVERSEAS BRANCHES: AUSTRALASIA, SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, PERTH, ADELAIDE, NEWCASTLE, AUCKLAND, DUNEDIN & WELLINGTON. (BRANCH AGENCIES AT Brisbane, Hobart & Suva) CHINA & MANCHURIA, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, AND DAIREN. (BRANCH AGENCIES AT Hankow & Tientsin.) FEDERATED MALAY STATES & STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SINGAPORE. FRANCE. PARIS. INDIA. CALCUTTA, BOMBAY, MADRAS & LAHORE. SOUTH AFRICA. JOHANNESBURG, CAPE TOWN, DURBAN & PORT ELIZABETH. (BRANCH AGENCIES AT Buluwayo, Salisbury & East London.) SOUTH AMERICA. BUENOS AIRES. (BRANCH AGENCY AT Montevideo.) AGENCIES IN ALL OTHER PRINCIPAL TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. E.F.C Noted MANUFACTURERS OF EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL. Head Office: MAGNET HOUSE, KINGSWAY, LONDON, W.C.2. RECEIVED DEC 12 1927 Magnet House, 34/35, Moor Street, BIRMINGHAM. 10th. Dec. 27. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, Re. 2 way Switch no "off" position With further reference to your letter of the 29th. ult., we very much regret to inform you that we are unable to obtain a Switch for you that will answer your requirements. We must ask you in this instance, therefore, to excuse us from making you an offer. We have not been content with our own Works but have tried every source we know without success. Yours faithfully, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Hayes p.p. cut ENCLOSURES: TO ENSURE PROMPT ATTENTION MATTERS REFERRING TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE WRITTEN ON SEPARATE SHEET | ||