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 Geoffrey Smith of Iliffe & Sons Ltd. to W.A. Robotham regarding scheduling, travel, and car collection arrangements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\2\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 18th July 1939 | |
| TELEPHONE: WATERLOO 3333 (50 LINES). TELEGRAMS: AUTOCARS,SEDIST,LONDON. 261g. Iliffe & Sons Ltd. Dorset House Stamford Street, London. S.E.1. 18th July, 1939 W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Rolls-Royce Limited, D E R B Y . Dear Mr. Robotham, Thank you for your letter of the 14th instant. Since I understand that Mr. Cowen will be back on Tuesday of next week, it will be in time if I hear promptly thereafter. I fully appreciate what you say and it only seemed to me an excellent opportunity to get material that I could not spare the time to get at a later period even if I were pressed. I note that the Hotel du Cap is at d'Antibes and I wonder if you have stayed at the Hotel Cap Martin, which is quite one of the finest spots I know for bathing. By the way, if I come up to collect the car at Derby, I propose to leave my own for a look-over, bring the new one back, and Mr. Hives mentioned on Friday when I saw him at Crewe that I should stay the night at Duffield. However, I shall hear more from you anon. Yours sincerely, Geoffrey Smith. | ||