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.
Reginald Mitchell CBE FRAeS AMICE was a British aeronautical engineer who designed the Supermarine Spitfire, a iconic fighter aircraft that played a crucial role in the Battle of Britain during World War II.
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