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 Avon India Rubber Company confirming the dispatch of ten 6.50/16 tyres and tubes from a modified mould.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\3\ scan0164 | |
| Date | 7th July 1939 | |
| ESTABLISHED 1885 SYMBOLS OF ENDURANCE The AVON INDIA RUBBER CO. Ltd. CHAIRMAN MAJOR R.F. FULLER, J.P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SIR HERBERT E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BLAIN, C.B.E., M.INST.T. JOINT GENERAL MANAGERS R.H. COMLEY. O.F. SWANBOROUGH. SECRETARY & ACCOUNTANT F.H. LOVELL, A.C.I.S. Telegrams RUBBER, MELKSHAM. Telephone MELKSHAM 120 (6 LINES). Codes A.B.C. 5th EDIT. WESTERN UNION, BENTLEYS & M.T.PRIVATE CODE. SERVICE DEPOTS. LONDON-BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL-MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE-GLASGOW BELFAST. LONDON OFFICE, MABLEDON PLACE, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} PANCRAS, LONDON, W.C.1. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS, MELKSHAM, WILTS. JGM/NAW. 7th July, 1939. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Attention:- Mr. S.H. Grylls. Dear Sirs, We have today despatched to our Birmingham Depot for transfer to your Works at Derby 10 - 6.50/16 tyres and tubes. These tyres are from the modified mould. Yours faithfully, THE AVON INDIA RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Mackay DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND CHIEF CHEMIST. [Handwritten Notes] R-m/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}/3/14 14.7.39. WMH Then on a test 1 Set 9B ✓ 1 Set 8B ✓ GRY{Shadwell Grylls} O.K. | ||