Designs Department - General Services Section

General Services as the name implies provided support services to the rest of Designs Department. Production with a Model Shop in Bentinck House; Drawing Office; Liaison; Administration and the General Services Laboratory'

Contribution by Bob Haywood:

The General Services Laboratory was known locally as the “Test Room” with a primary function of pre-production testing of equipment designed by other sections within the department. Testing was normally carried out to a proposed specification or production test schedule and depending on the results the design was either put into general use or a recommendation made concerning a modification to the equipment or the method of testing. Production equipments being produced by Equipment Department in a cost effective manner. Very short production demands were satisfied within the test room.

Front row (l to r) George Dilworth, Mrs Betty Champion & Doug Smith.

Back row (l to r) Doug Fenna, Barry Bolton, Cliff White, Mike Parker, Les Cousins, Tim Voore & Bob Haywood.

The photograph of Test Room staff is believed to have been taken about 1967/68.

Contribution by David Savage:

Left to right: Owen Vincent, Ray Matchell, Les Stokes, ????, John Tucker, Christina Stanley (Charlie Fields Secretary) and David Savage.

The photograph of Test Room staff was taken at Christmas 1949.