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 Rotherham & Sons Ltd declining to quote for work due to a lack of capable machinery to handle specification 229B.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\2\ scan0141 | |
| Date | 6th February 1936 | |
| ESTABLISHED 1750. X1138 ? ROTHERHAM & SONS LTD WATCH MAKERS & ENGINEERS. COVENTRY. TELEGRAMS: ROTHERHAMS, COVENTRY. TELEPHONE: 4154 (2 LINES) CODES: MARCONI INTERNATIONAL, BENTLEYS (5TH EDITION) A.B.C. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS, COVENTRY. BIF 1936 BIRMINGHAM ENGINEERING AND HARDWARE SECTION 17-28 FEBRUARY SEE OUR EXHIBIT HNS/DS. 6th February 1936 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd. DERBY. Your ref. Exptl.Dept. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg{J. C. Bowring}/9/KW.5.2.36 BWG{J. C. Bowring} File Dear Sirs, We are much obliged for your letter of the 5th inst., and are returning your drawings Nos. F.88180, 88178, F.86422 and E.81338 herewith. We regret we have no machinery which is capable of dealing with the particular material, Specification 229B in sizes shown on the blue print, and we beg to be excused from quoting in this instance. Yours faithfully, ROTHERHAM & SONS LTD. H Nelson Smith | ||