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).
List of staff numbers and a detailed inventory of workshop machinery and their condition.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\3\ img026 | |
| Date | 9th August 1940 guessed | |
| No 2. Total from Page 1..217 Women 18 and above = 9 (Skilled) " " " = 28 (Semi ") Girls under 18 ... 4 (Unskilled) --- 258 Less clerical staff 89 --- TOTAL 169 ====== 6) Departments. (a) Machines. Condition 4 No 7 Ward Capstans, (up to 1 5/8")...... Good 7 No 3A " ", (up to 1 1/4")...... " 4 No 2A " ", (up to 1")........ " 12 " 1" Wire-feed Capstans Age 25 years 6 " 1/2" " " " " " Note. Similar to a Bradbury and used mostly on brass. 2 - 8" Sliding S.S.& S. Centre Lathes Good. 1 - 8" " " " " Very old. 1 - 6" " " " " " 2 - No 3 Ward Capstans - Belt Drive. New (Up to 1 1/4") 2 - No 2 " " (Up to 1") New ------- Autos. 2 - 1 5/8 4-Spindle Drills (Gridley Type) made by B.S.A 3 - 7/8 Capacity 3-operation Autos (made by Modern Machine Tool Co., Coventry) 1 - 6" x 18" Cylindrical Grinder (Norton) 2 - 6" x 18" Surface Grinders (Reid) 1 - 12" x 12" Profiling Machine (Putnam - American) ------- Millers. 20 - Horizontal (36" x 10" tables) Mixed. (Archdale, Denbigh, etc) Fairly Good. Some nearly new 1 - Vertical 36" x 10" Table Old (Alfred Herbert) ------- | ||