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).
Departmental memo regarding the urgent need for ventilators on L to E cars due to them scorching people's feet.
| Identifier | Morton\M16\ img060 | |
| Date | 2nd October 1912 | |
| R.R. 475 (100 H) (LL 556. 26.8.12) E.P. 2385. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (TWO LINES). DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. Re Ventilators for Scuttle-dashes on L to E Cars. Mr Johnson 28.9.12. TBB2/L28912. You asked me to get this matter settled when at Crowborough. I submitted Mr Spinney's designs to Mr Royce but he is not satisfied that the scheme suggested would be satisfactory. He has made certain suggestions, which I have passed on to Mr Spinney who will again go into the matter. T.B. Barrington (STAMP: 30 IX 12) Mr Barrington 2/10/12 CJ18/D21012 Ventilators. Something must be done in this matter. We cannot continue to send our L-E cars which scorch people's feet. Report to me how the matter stands at present. C.J. (STAMP: A 3 OCT 1912 RECEIVED) This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||