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 to Walsall Lock & Cart Gear Co., Ltd. regarding the repeated failure and requested repair of a modified Everall sample lock.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\4\ scan0210 | |
| Date | 31th December 1941 | |
| 1021 Copy to Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/JT. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/S.G.3/ET. 31st December, 1941. Walsall Lock & Cart Gear Co., Ltd., Neale Street, W A L L S A L. Attention of Mr. Cooper. Dear Sirs, We are sending to you under separate cover the sample modified Everall lock which you sent to us last April for trial, and which was returned to you for repair on Nov.17th. The lock has now broken again at the same place. Will you please have it repaired and returned to us as soon as possible. We should also be interested to know what you consider is the cause of the failure and if you can overcome the fault in production. Yours faithfully, | ||