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 supplier Thos Firth & John Brown confirming receipt of an order for two sets of Front and Rear Special Low Rating Bentley Springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\4\ scan0099 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1936 | |
| Handwritten: x-46 THOS FIRTH & JOHN BROWN LTD INCORPORATING THE WHOLE OF THE UNDERTAKING OF THOS FIRTH & SONS LTD AND THE STEEL BUSINESS PREVIOUSLY CARRIED ON BY JOHN BROWN & CO LTD ATLAS & NORFOLK WORKS SHEFFIELD,1 Telephones: ATLAS & NORFOLK WORKS SHEFFIELD 20081 (11 LINES) SCUNTHORPE FOUNDRY SCUNTHORPE LINES 108-9 Telegraphic Addresses: FIRTH, TELEX, SHEFFIELD ATLAS, TELEX, SHEFFIELD London Office: 8, THE SANCTUARY WESTMINSTER S.W.I. Telegraphic Addresses: MESMERIC, TELEX, LONDON ALDWARKE, TELEX, LONDON Telephone Number: 7151 ABBEY Codes: PRIVATE A.B.C. 6TH EDITION BENTLEY'S 1912 & 1929 LIEBERS LOMBARD MARCONI WESTERN UNION 5 LETTER REGISTERED OFFICE: ATLAS WORKS, SHEFFIELD YOUR REFERENCE He/Les.14/KW. OUR REFERENCE WHICH PLEASE QUOTE JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary}/EH. Handwritten: LES 2nd January, 1936. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 1st January, in regard to the two furthers sets of Front and Rear Special Low Rating Bentley Springs which you are requiring. This is having our attention and we hope to write you fully in the course of a post or two. Yours faithfully, THOS. FIRTH & JOHN BROWN, LIMITED. John Smith Director. | ||