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 Chatwood Safe Co. Limited acknowledging an order for two Fireproof Containers for Drawings and advising of the delivery schedule.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\2\ scan0062 | |
| Date | 11th December 1940 | |
| ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. LONDON, E.C.4. 3, LAURENCE POUNTNEY HILL, TELEPHONE 9471 MANSION HOUSE. MANCHESTER. ROYAL EXCHANGE TELEPHONE 3018 BLACKFRIARS. SCOTLAND. 26, WEST NILE STREET, GLASGOW. TELEPHONE 2359 CENTRAL. ON ADMIRALTY AND WAR OFFICE LISTS. THE CHATWOOD SAFE CO. LIMITED. BANKERS' ENGINEERS, TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS. CHATWOOD SHREWSBURY. TELEPHONE NUMBER. SHREWSBURY 3001 3 LINES. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS, SHREWSBURY. ENGLAND. Handwritten: Claim Handwritten: 1204 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY. December the eleventh 1940 Dear Sirs, Your reference Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/ML, dated 9th December. We acknowledge your letter regarding delivery of the two Fireproof Containers for Drawings, and these we are hoping to have ready for despatch by the end of this month or early in the New Year. They will be forwarded immediately they are completed, and there will be no avoidable delay. Yours faithfully, for THE CHATWOOD SAFE COMPANY LIMITED. [Illegible Signature] ETW/MAS. | ||