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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 the Earl of Rothes discussing a recent journey to Paris, icy road conditions, and tyre performance.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 29\4\  Scan170
Date  19th December 1933
  
K40621

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}5/KW.

19th December, 1933.

The Earl of Rothes,
30 St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} John's Wood Road,
LONDON. N.W.8.

Dear Rothes,

Thank you for your letter of the 14th December.

I was sorry I missed you on Wednesday. I was certainly crossing in the gale all right, and had a most exciting run to Paris. The roads were a sheet of ice.

The India tyres did their best, but I had to turn road repairer on more than one occasion, and throw gravel on the surface before I could get up even a slight incline.

I will try and arrange for the tyres to go to Inchinnan before I leave for America on the 30th December.

Yours sincerely,
  
  


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