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 Offord & Sons Ltd. concerning the dispatch of car wings in a crate.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\3\ Scan152 | |
| Date | 17th August 1935 | |
| x262 CARS ARE ONLY DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF AT OWNERS' RISK AND THE COMPANY DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE FROM FIRE, THEFT OR ANY OTHER CAUSE 24 PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED WORKS 30 FULHAM ROAD S.W.3 AND AT 67 GEORGE STREET W.1 BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE KING 94 GLOUCESTER ROAD SOUTH KENSINGTON LONDON S.W.7 TELEPHONE: KENSINGTON 5454 TELEGRAMS: 'DROFFO, LONDON.' OFFORD & SONS LTD ESTABLISHED MORE THAN A CENTURY. PETERS & SONS (INCORPORATED) [STAMP: RECEIVED 19 AUG 1935] [STAMP: RECEIVED] JGO/VFS Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby. GRY{Shadwell Grylls} August 17th. 1935. Ref:- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}2/KW. & D/BP/LT1/DP. Dear Sirs, Further to our letter of yesterday's date, Mr. Hall telephoned us last night and apparently has not found any method of getting the wings back to you himself. We are packing them in the crate in which you returned them, also strengthening this as much as possible and doing everything we can to prevent damage - and are dispatching them from St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} Pancras about mid-day today by passenger train addressed to you. No doubt it may be possible for you to pick them up at Derby Station early on Monday morning which will slightly obviate risk of handling by the Railway people there. Thanking you very much for your assistance, and assuring you of our earnest collaboration. Yours faithfully, For OFFORD & SONS LTD. [Signature: J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Sodan Offord] [Handwritten note: Notia BP/d/s 19/8/35] [Handwritten note: H/GRY{Shadwell Grylls}] | ||