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).
Request to order tacks and black paper for blackout purposes at the Glan Foundry.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\2\ img302 | |
| Date | 2nd December 1940 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} From Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} C. to C/JWL. & C/Mt. 17 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wm.A/E.2.12.40. Will you please send official orders to:- Sanderson & Holmes Ltd. for 1 lb. 3/8" tacks o/n. 711 and to Bemrose & Sons (Printers). for 100 yds. of Black Paper 36" wide o/n. 711. These articles have been used for black out purposes at the Glan Foundry. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||