Letter from a bearing manufacturer confirming a lead time of 18-21 days for an order of Double Row Ball Bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\2\ scan0008 | |
| Date | 26th January 1934 | |
| Why send money abroad? R&M BALL & ROLLER BEARINGS BRITISH BEARINGS HOLD THE WORLD'S RECORD FOR SPEED & RELIABILITY Buy British IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE QUOTE BW/FB. THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS BALL & ROLLER R&M BEARINGS MACHINE TOOL TRADES ASSOCIATION ENGINEERING AND ALLIED EMPLOYERS NATIONAL FEDERATION 1896 TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "BEARINGS, NEWARK" TELEGRAPHIC CODE BENTLEY'S TELEPHONE NOS: NEWARK 456, 457 & 458 RANSOME & MARLES BEARING Co. LTD. CONTRACTORS TO H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} M. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE, AIR BOARD, COLONIAL OFFICES &C. MANUFACTURERS OF BALL & ROLLER BEARINGS NEWARK ON TRENT. BRANCH OFFICES: LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LEEDS, SHEFFIELD BRISTOL, GLASGOW, NEWCASTLE, BELFAST. Handwritten: X3807 Messrs Rolls-Royce, Ltd. Exptl Dept, DERBY. 26th Jan. 1934. Dear Sirs, In reply to your favour of the 23rd inst., (Ref: Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry {Shadwell Grylls} /20/KW.) with regard to a further dozen Double Row Ball Bearings, we beg to inform you that we could let you have these in 18/21 days from receipt of instructions. Yours faithfully, FOR RANSOME & MARLES BEARING CO.LTD. Bwesellby GRYL | ||
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).