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).
To the Transport Department arranging car and luggage transport for a business trip to Glasgow.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan097 | |
| Date | 19th May 1939 | |
| [Handwritten in blue ink] Copy Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten] 1204 Transport Dept. [Reference number] Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}15/KW.19.5.39. [Handwritten in red ink] Sir Duncan 25G Mr. Hives and Mr. Haldenby will be travelling to Glasgow by the train during the night of Wednesday-Thursday of next week; i.e., leaving Trent 12.15 a.m. on Thursday. Will you please arrange for them to be conveyed to Trent Station, calling first for Mr. Hives, and then for Mr. Haldenby. Will you also please arrange for a car to meet them at Glasgow, at 7.31 a.m. on Thursday. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} will provide the car, which will be required for the rest of the week, and over the Whit. Holiday. The driver should arrange for the collection of the heavy luggage and golf clubs, and take this in the car, so that Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} and Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} can travel with the minimum of luggage. [Handwritten in red ink] Leylands Visit He/KW. | ||