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 a supplier apologising for a delay in submitting a drawing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\2\ scan0229 | |
| Date | 16th May 1939 | |
| 1328? Telephone: SUNBURY-ON-THAMES 456 (7 LINES) Telegrams & Cables: THERMOSTAT, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES Code: BENTLEY'S THE BRITISH THERMOSTAT CO., LTD. Makers of Scientific Instruments. Windmill Road. Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex. TEDDINGTON WORKS. DIRECTORS: COL. N. HUDSON. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} SHERLOCK } MANAGING. W. F.{Mr Friese} F.{Mr Friese} MARTIN HURST F.{Mr Friese} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} POPLETT. F.{Mr Friese} PARMENTER. ON A.I.D. AIR MINISTRY APPROVED LIST. WMH/GN: May 16th, 1939. Your Ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards}7/JH: Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd. DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter dated May 15th, and must apologise for the delay in submitting you a drawing, but we have been so appallingly pressed in the Drawing Office that we have not had an opportunity of preparing a design. We will, however, let you have our recommendations before the end of the week. Yours truly, THE BRITISH THERMOSTAT CO.LTD. W.Martin-Hurst. | ||