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 S. Smith & Sons expressing disappointment over samples brought back from America, highlighting a plastic part and a clock.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\1\ img234 | |
| Date | 18th June 1940 | |
| 6026 Elect S. SMITH & SONS (MOTOR ACCESSORIES) LTD. Cables: SPEEDOFAC, LONDON Codes: MARCONI, COMMERCIAL BENTLEY'S CRICKLEWOOD WORKS EDGWARE ROAD LONDON, N.W.2 Telephone: GLADSTONE 3333 Telegrams: SPEEDOFAC, PHONE LONDON SALES DIRECTOR'S OFFICE. S.1. June 18th 1940. W.A.Robotham, Esq., Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr.Robotham, Referring to our telephonic conversation of this afternoon, I must confess disappointment over the samples which our representative brought back with him from America - I had asked him to bring complete layouts but he does not seem to have been successful in this direction. The only really interesting items are - 1) a plastic effort which appears to be quite new. If you will hold this to the light you will get some idea of its appearance when it is illuminated. 2) Complete Clock, together with a separate Clock dial plastic effort. | ||