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 Armstrong Whitworth Securities Company Limited regarding a potential visit and the development status of a road vehicle engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\3\ scan0206 | |
| Date | 28th May 1940 | |
| ASSOCIATED COMPANY: SIR W. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & CO. (ENGINEERS) LTD. 112-8 ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH SECURITIES COMPANY LIMITED KADENACY DEPARTMENT. TELEPHONE: SLOUGH 20295/6 TELEGRAMS: KADENZ, SLOUGH Our Ref: HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}P.1235. BUCKINGHAM AVENUE, TRADING ESTATE, SLOUGH, BUCKS. 28th May, 1940. W.A.Robotham, Esq., Messrs.Rolls-Royce Limited, Derby. Dear Robotham, Many thanks for your letter of the 24th instant, which I did not receive until yesterday, and it was quite impossible for me to travel to Derby on either of the two days you mention. With regard to the last paragraph of your letter, I naturally do not want to make the journey to Derby for nothing, if the possibility of your going ahead with the development work on a road vehicle engine is now out of the question, and, of course, I fully appreciate the reasons at the present time for such a decision. I should be glad, therefore, before making my visit if you would tell me whether you have definitely decided to stop that particular development. Yours sincerely, H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Sammons HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/PET. | ||