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).
The urgent work schedule for a Bentley Open Demonstration Car, requiring Sunday work.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\2\ scan0024 | |
| Date | 27th November 1933 | |
| EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}13/MH.{M. Huckerby}27.11.33 re B-1-AE - BENTLEY OPEN DEMONSTRATION CAR ------------------------------------- With reference to your Bly.{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales}13/HEM.23.11.33, we note that this car is arriving at the Works next Saturday, the 2nd prox., and that you require the car to be finished so that your driver can collect it on Tuesday evening, December 5th. This means that we shall have to work Sunday and we have obtained Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}'s consent to do this in this case, but we shall be glad in future if you will arrange to give us an extra day for this work to be done, so as to avoid having to work Sunday. We note the car should arrive here on Saturday morning. Will you please ask the driver to report to me immediately on arrival? EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||