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 Brown Brothers Ltd. declining to quote for Bifocal Bulbs and suggesting alternative suppliers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61a\1\ scan0362 | |
| Date | 19th October 1928 | |
| ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMPANY Brown Brothers Limited ~ ALLIED COMPANIES ~ THOMSON AND BROWN BROTHERS LIMITED BROWN BROTHERS (IRELAND) LTD. Telephone: BISHOPSGATE 3244. 18 LINES. Telegrams: IMBROWNED FINSQUARE LONDON MOTOR TRADE (S.M.M.T.) TELEGRAM CODE TO ENSURE PROMPT ATTENTION BY LETTER Quote Reference 56/C/3318 BY PHONE MOTOR AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS CYCLE and TOOL AND MERCHANTS WIRELESS SETS & PARTS Head Offices and Warehouses Brown's Buildings Great Eastern Street London EC2 Branches: ABERDEEN BIRMINGHAM CARDIFF DUBLIN DUNDEE EDINBURGH GLASGOW LEEDS MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE SOUTHAMPTON LONDON. W. 1 REGISTERED OFFICES: 26, 28 & 30, GREAT EASTERN STREET, LONDON, E.C.2. Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. 19.10.28. Dear Sirs, YOUR REF: ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/F4/R1S.18.10.28. In reply to your enquiry of the 18th inst., we regret to have to inform you that we are unable to quote you for Bifocal Bulbs. We presume, however, that in the event of your adopting this type, you would require a fair quantity, and no doubt, if you approached either Messrs British Thomson Houston Company or the General Electric Company, they would be pleased to quote for making these up to your special requirements. Yours faithfully, FOR BROWN BROTHERS LTD. | ||