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).
Confirming the completion date for 'SS' patterns and highlighting the intense workload and strain on the pattern makers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65a\1\ scan0376 | |
| Date | 1st June 1928 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} C O P Y. Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}5/T1.6.28. This is to confirm my conversation with you this morning that the whole of the patterns we have for 'SS{S. Smith}' will be finished by June 15th. We have worked seven days a week, holidays, and so on, with this job; indeed so much have the men worked that three of them have broken down. You will remember I mentioned to you that it would be a good thing if you tried to round up the job, and really get it finished very quickly; it would be very sad to find, after xx all the effort we have put up, especially pattern makers, in other directions the time is being wasted. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} | ||