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 Mr. Goodwin regarding the postponement of the Le Mans race due to French strikes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\4\ Scan275 | |
| Date | 9th June 1936 | |
| x262 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}27/KW. 9th June, 1936. R.G. Goodwin Esq., Messrs. C.C. Wakefield & Co.Ltd., Wakefield House, Cheapside, LONDON, E.C.2. Dear Mr. Goodwin, Many thanks for your letter of the 8th June. It is very good of you to ask your people in Paris to fix us up at Le Mans. Unfortunately, owing to the French strikes, the race has been postponed, but we hope it may take place the week-end 20/21st June. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||