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 oilskin coats and Sidcot suits for labourers and testers working on exposed engine test stands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\4\ Scan312 | |
| Date | 17th November 1932 | |
| X3035. To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/MJ.17.11.32. Will you please order two oilskin coats for the labourers, and two Sidcot suits for use of the testers on the Meccano and Universal Hangars. We would point out that these test stands are in the open and therefore the testers and labourers are exposed to the slipstream and weather when running the engines. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||