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 confirming collection arrangements for a set of Aerolite Pistons in R.R.53, with a contingency for potential casting defects.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\2\ scan0204 | |
| Date | 16th May 1934 | |
| ? Where do we collect - x236 TELEPHONE: VICTORIA 0671 (5 LINES). CODES: A.{Mr Adams} B. C. 5TH EDITION. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY. ON ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AND AIR MINISTRY LISTS. THE LIGHT PRODUCTION CO. LTD. PROPRIETORS OF THE LONDON PISTON RING CO. LIMITED. CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR: M.V.ROBERTS. DIRECTORS: C.E.GEORGE, WM.THIRTLE. ENGINEERS TELEGRAMS: INLAND, NAPOLEONIC, SOWEST, LONDON. FOREIGN, NAPOLEONIC, LONDON. 60/66, ROCHESTER ROW, WESTMINSTER, S.W.1 WORKS AND GOODS ADDRESS: 61/67, GREENCOAT PLACE, WESTMINSTER, S.W.1. OUR REF. CHB/IR YOUR REF. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}21/KW.14.5.34. 16th May 1934. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Experimental Dept., DERBY. Dear Sirs, For the attention of W.A.Robotham, Esq. Confirming the writer's telephone conversation with you to-day, we feel confident of having one set of Aerolite Pistons in R.R.53, not alumilited, ready for collection between 3 and 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon next. If, however, we fall down on this promise due to casting defects becoming apparent on machining, we will telephone you again early on Friday morning, so that the instructions to collect can be cancelled. Failing any communication of this kind, we shall expect your driver at the time stated. Yours faithfully, pp THE LIGHT PRODUCTION CO. LTD. A.P. Brooks GENERAL MANAGER. | ||