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 AMAL LTD regarding a delay in the despatch of brackets for bonnet fasteners.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\4\ scan0168 | |
| Date | 4th July 1939 | |
| 1026 PHONE: BIRCHFIELDS 4571 (5 LINES) TELEGRAMS: "AMALCARB" (PHONE) BIRMINGHAM AMAL LTD HOLFORD WORKS PERRY BARR BIRMINGHAM 20 ENGLAND REGISTERED AMAL TRADE MARK MEMBERS OF SOCIETY OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTORS SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS BRITISH CYCLE & MOTOR CYCLE MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS UNION LTD SOCIETY OF BRITISH GAS INDUSTRIES BRITISH OIL BURNER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION ON AIR MINISTRY LIST OF APPROVED FIRMS NATIONAL SCHEME FOR DISABLED MEN OVERSEAS BRANCHES & REPRESENTATIONS IN > EGYPT, SWEDEN, MANCHUKUO JAPAN, AUSTRIA, GERMANY INDIA, FINLAND, NEW ZEALAND SPAIN, HUNGARY, SWITZERLAND FRANCE, BELGIUM, SOUTH AFRICA GREECE, DENMARK, CZECHOSLOVAKIA ITALY, HOLLAND, DUTCH EAST INDIES NORWAY, PORTUGAL, BALTIC STATES POLAND, ARGENTINE, FED. MALAY STATES CANADA, AUSTRALIA, IRISH FREE STATE SERVICE STOCKISTS ALL OVER THE WORLD YOUR REF J.L.E. IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE QUOTE REF. DSI/BD.{Mr Berend} DATE 4th July 1939. Dictated 3rd July. Ed{J. L. Edwards} SUBJECT Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}'S OFFICE OPPOSITE ELECTRICAL LAB Dear Sirs, For the attention of J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} L. Edwards, Esq. With further reference to your visit to us yesterday morning, regarding delivery of the one-shot fastener, we regret that we shall be unable to effect despatch of the brackets, etc., which you require in advance of the Bonnet Fasteners, to enable you to get these welded to your bonnet, before the promise already given you, namely 14 days from last Saturday's date. We are, in the meantime, doing everything possible to accelerate but as the matter leaves us at the present moment, we shall be unable to improve. Hoping that same will not unduly inconvenience you, We are, Yours faithfully, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF AMAL LIMITED | ||