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).
Follow-up letter from Joseph Sankey & Sons Ltd. regarding their suggestion to fit Central Type Wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\5\ scan0053 | |
| Date | 29th January 1937 | |
| TELEGRAMS: SANKEY, WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE. TELEPHONE: 66 WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE. CODES. A.B.C. FIFTH Edition. WESTERN UNION. LEIBER. BENTLEY'S SECOND. Joseph Sankey & Sons, Ltd. HADLEY CASTLE WORKS, WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE. Please Quote Our Ref. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/DN Your Ref. 29th January, 1937. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. For the attention of Mr.I.A. Leslie, Experimental Dept. Dear Sirs, We have written you on several occasions in connection with the suggestion that you should fit the Central Type Wheel to your cars, and the experiments which you are proposing to carry out. We do not, however, appear to have received any replies, and shall be glad if you will let us know if there is anything further we can do to assist you. Yours faithfully, For JOSEPH SANKEY & SONS, LTD. W. T. Sharpe [STAMP: BIF 1937, BIRMINGHAM ENGINEERING AND HARDWARE SECTION 15-26 FEBRUARY, SEE OUR EXHIBIT] [Footer: Galop, G.W.R. or L.M. & S.R. 2 miles (Express Service). Hadley L.M.& S.R. 1/2 mile. Wellington to Hadley (Local Service).] | ||