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).
Telegram from Chateauroux requesting a complete set of pistons due to cracked skirts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0207 | |
| Date | 18th August 1938 | |
| POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS Telegrams for INLAND addresses may be Office Stamp: DERBY 18 AUG 38 To: HIVES ROYCAR DERBY From: HANCOCK Message Text: COMPLETE SET OF PISTONS REQUIRED STOP THREE FOUR SIX SKIRTS CRACKED Other text on ticker tape: SKIRTS CRACKED + 369 CCC EB 1600 18 CHATEAUROUX 15 SKIRTS CRACKED = HANCOCK + Prefix: 69 Handwritten text: S/.68 | ||