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).
Requesting the installation of emergency lighting in the cold room for safety during air raids.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\3\ scan0385 | |
| Date | 7th January 1941 | |
| To: EJJ. Copy to Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Mr Mattinson. [Handwritten:] 1290 [Handwritten:] cold chambre or freeze up tests Lov {Mr Lovesey} /Wst.2/DT. 7.1.41. COLD ROOM The other night we had occasion to use the cold room for GriffonAero Engine starter experiments during an Air Raid Alert. Had the Spotter given a warning we should have been plunged into darkness. This is highly dangerous as at very low temperatures anyone stumbling in the darkness might get injured and frozen before anyone noticed it. Would you please arrange to have independent emergency lighting installed in the cold room as soon as possible. Lov {Mr Lovesey} /Wst. | ||