Correspondence dated 27 June 1955

Summary

An item from the surviving correspondence of William John Sands.

Historical context

This item forms part of the surviving William John Sands correspondence and is dated 27 June 1955. It is preserved in the William John Sands Family Archive as evidence of Sands’s professional work and relationships. The accompanying transcript was produced by machine OCR and should be checked against the original scan before being treated as a definitive reading.

Catalogue description

Original correspondence scan imported from the Sands and Ferguson family archive. Source file: 19552706.jpg.

Machine transcript — unreviewed

Direc bh. lhane Jlow~on~theWold Stow 190 Wavy Ferpucson Lisiiuasal Lid 2 - Coucestershiie 27th June, 1955. Dear Mr, Ferguson, It was a please hope that we can correspo. enjoying good health and Pe The retail prices of the cars which you mention are as follows:- Ford Anglia (10 h.p. eng Ford Prefect ..cccccccscccccccce SIO Volkswagen ... Fiat "1100" .... THE MENACE When writing about the Volkswagen apt one, So many drivers utter the remar! the roads", that one is bound to associ think that the word is too damnifying but its use, Although I have driven a Volks agen have some first-hand experience of its features and capabilities, of the car is more firmly based upon the fund of comment about it des and upon my regular observance of it on city and country roads, When driving a Volkswagen some time ago I found that I had reached a speed of 63 mp. in a remarkably short time and the car behaved as though it wes built to reach that speed as rapidly as possible and to disdain any lesser rate of acceleration or travel, as also impressed with the absence of noise + Varry 2 Tergusen (Chatiman) Wis Grace the Duke op Richmand an Gordon « Mayor APR Robhur A J Sheldon