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).
Following up on the urgent need to address issues with big doors, which also fail to meet black-out requirements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\2\ img226 | |
| Date | 24th September 1940 | |
| No 17 EJJ. from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/ML.24.9.40. Further to our Memo. reference Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/ML.23.9.40. we omitted to mention the big doors as one of the jobs requiring attention. We mentioned these doors in our Memo. reference Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/JMS.23.6.40. and you will re-collect that you had a look at these doors and discussed them verbally almost immediately afterwards. A further note was then sent to you reference Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}1/ML.3.7.40. and they were mentioned to you again in our Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/ML.22.7.40. paragraph 8. As it is now three months since we took this matter up we shall be glad if you will give it your immediate attention. Incidentally, quite apart from the draughts and the rain entering, these doors do not come up to Black-out requirements. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||