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 Ellison Insulations confirming receipt of blueprints and that sample Whale Brand Tufnol Bushes are being produced.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0176 | |
| Date | 16th February 1938 | |
| TELEPHONE BIRCHFIELDS 4554 (3 LINES) TELEGRAMS "TUFNOL" BIRMINGHAM ELLISON INSULATIONS LIMITED PERRY BARR BIRMINGHAM 20 LONDON GLASGOW CARDIFF MANCHESTER LEEDS NEWCASTLE BIRMINGHAM DIRECTORS GEORGE ELLISON (GOVERNING DIRECTOR) THOMAS G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} ELLISON GEORGE ELLISON JOHN ELLISON YOUR REFERENCE RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/STD.3/MH.{M. Huckerby} OUR REFERENCE WL/IJM 16th February, 1938. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd. Nightingale Road, Derby. Handwritten: holid Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/850 Handwritten: 1269? Dear Sirs, Handwritten: For the attention of Mr. Steadman. We thank you for your letter of the 15th instant, together with copies of your blueprint Nos. E.X.S.431 and 2 and have pleasure in advising that a sample Whale Brand Tufnol Bush to each of these drawings has now been put in hand. With reference to your ultimate paragraph it would be very much appreciated if upon completion of these bushes, you could grant the writer an interview in order that the application in question may be more fully discussed. Yours faithfully, For ELLISON INSULATIONS LTD., p.p. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Reynolds Birmingham Branch Sales. | ||