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 permission for Experimental Dept. employees to leave early for a race at Donington, with a handwritten approval.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\1\ scan0261 | |
| Date | 21th October 1938 | |
| 1204 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 21.10.38. Several Experimental Dept. employees have requested permission to leave at 11.30 to-morrow, in order to go to Donington (the race starts at 12 noon). Will you please give a ruling ? [Handwritten Signature] Agreed Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/KW. | ||