What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: The Reginald Mitchell The Tontines was built in 1831 as a 'Shambles' Or Slaughter House. The Building was then used mainly as a meat market. its most recent use was as a shopping mall reginald Mitchell was the inventor of the Spitfire Fighter Plane, he was born in Butt Lane in 1895. Recorded plaque organisation: J. D. Wetherspoon.
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- Jonathan Hutchins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dave Bevis, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- David Sands, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dave Kelly, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jeremy Bolwell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Basher Eyre, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Stephen Craven, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Steven Birks, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Philip Halling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Roger D Kidd, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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