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 a supplier declining a request to weld an axle tube due to unsuitability for their plant.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\1\ scan0065 | |
| Date | 12th October 1936 | |
| TELEPHONE, MIDLAND 0981. X 1015- TELEGRAMS, AUTOCLAVE, BIRMINGHAM. ROGERS, WILSON & CO LTD. MANUFACTURERS OF TYRE BUILDING EQUIPMENT & MOULDS. SPEAKING STILE WALK, BIRMINGHAM, 15. 12th October 1936. Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, Ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}11/KW. Exptl. Dept. We thank you for your letter of 7th instant with drawing of axle tube which you require welding. Upon consideration we regret that this job is unsuitable for our plant and we are therefore unable to be of service to you in this instance. Drawing returned herewith. Yours faithfully, ROGERS, WILSON & CO. LTD., e.H. Wilson Director. | ||