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 Peto & Radford regarding a delay in delivering accumulators (order No.98876) due to re-design work.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\4\ Scan245 | |
| Date | 11th February 1936 | |
| 86021. MANUFACTURERS OF ACCUMULATORS FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. DAGENITE ACCUMULATORS Manufactured and Sold by PETO & RADFORD Proprietors: Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Co., Ltd. LONDON SERVICE DEPOT 107a PIMLICO ROAD LONDON, S.W.1 TEL. SLOANE 6114 YOUR REF. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/GC8/MW OUR REF. FED/S. 50 GROSVENOR GARDENS LONDON, S.W.1. TELEPHONE SLOANE 7164 TELEGRAMS CONCENTRATION SOWEST, LONDON 11th February, 1936. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, In reply to your letter of the 10th instant regarding your order No.98876 dated the 14th ultimo, we beg to inform you that since our letter of the 29th ultimo, our Works have been into touch with your Mr. West regarding the re-designing of these accumulators, and we are unable at the moment to give you a definite delivery date. We suggest therefore that you communicate with Mr. West who will, in all probability, be able to enlighten you on this matter. Yours faithfully, PETO & RADFORD. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/WW What is this please? Your note is required - Spen 17/2/36- WORKS: DAGENHAM DOCK, ESSEX. BRANCHES AT GLASGOW AND MANCHESTER. DISTRIBUTING DEPOTS AT BELFAST, BRISTOL, CORK, DUBLIN, NORWICH AND OKEHAMPTON | ||