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 The S.U. Company to E.W. Hives inquiring about an apprenticeship scheme for a friend's son.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\2\ Scan077 | |
| Date | 21th August 1933 | |
| V1775 STATION: ADDERLEY PARK, L.M.&S. RLY THE S.U. COMPANY. PROPRIETORS: MORRIS INDUSTRIES LTD S.U. CARBURETTER FLEXIBLE SILENT TELEPHONES: EAST 1662 AND EAST 1663. General Manager: T. C. Skinner East Works, Bordesley Green Road. Adderley Park-Birmingham, 8. THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS TELEGRAMS: FLEXCARBUR, BIRMINGHAM Your Ref. Our Ref. TCS/R/H 21st August, 1933. E.W.Hives, Esq., Messrs.Rolls Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Mr.Hives, A friend of mine is ill advised enough to want to put his son in the motor trade. According to the man, the boy is the usual mechanical genius. I believe Rolls Royce have an apprenticeship scheme. Will you tell me if there is any chance of getting him into your firm? Kind regards, Yours sincerely, p.p. T.C. Skinner TR.{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance} ENGINEERING & ALLIED EMPLOYERS NATIONAL FEDERATION | ||