Deterioration of grey and blue leather hides and a visit to the supplier, Connolly.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\1\ Scan171 | |
| Date | 5th September 1957 | |
| Hythe Road/Crewe FS. {F. Steele} from Mdx. c. JS. {Mr Johnson's Secretary} c. LS. c. Dor. {Mr Dorey} c. GFY. c. SF. c. JPB. c. FS {F. Steele} /RJW. c. Gnr. Deterioration of Grey and Blue Hides. Thank you for your memo' reference FS. {F. Steele} GM.21 2.9.57 regarding the above. Since the memo' from JS. {Mr Johnson's Secretary} on this subject Gnr. and myself visited the suppliers and had discussions with Mr.Fred Connolly. I think that it is generally agreed that the dyes and process used on the coloured hides, which are the subject of the complaint, are not entirely satisfactory, and there is a move to improve the process. I believe that a typical specimen was to be found on Dor. {Mr Dorey} 's own car, but Gnr. can give more up-to-date information in this respect. I have agreed to put before Connollys any bad specimens that appear, but I think it is true to say that they are quite conversant with the problem and its cause. Mdx. | ||
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).