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).
Internal order memo requesting specific lengths of Deal wood from the Pattern Shop.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\4\ Scan181 | |
| Date | 18th December 1929 | |
| O.O. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} +3035 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/MJ.18.12.29. I wish to obtain from the Pattern Shop 12 ft of 3" x ¾" Deal in 4 ft. lengths, and 12 ft. of 1" x 1½" white Deal in 4 ft. lengths. Will you please pass the necessary order to the pattern Shop. G Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||