"They keep coming!"

"They keep coming!" That was in the subject header of an email sent to me by Alan Matlock, the chairman of the Spitfire Makers Charitable Trust. 'They' of course refers to Spitfire Makers plaques, which had already been coming thick and fast in the last few weeks in Woolston (see here and here). Alan alerted me to yet another three that been given their rightful place. 

Two of the three are in the city centre, both linked to Martin's Rubber Co. One is on Oxford Street, where the company was based since 1937, and where they made rubber gaskets, seals, plugs, and hydraulic installations for Spitfires.

The second of these two is a few hundred meters away, in Orchard Place. This is where the company moved to in 1952 (and where they still operate), and where they kept making parts for Supermarine.

The third of this latest trio of plaques is at Langrish House, near Petersfield. Of the 22 plaques unveiled up to today, this one is the furthest away from where the Supermarine factories were in 1940. Based in the stables at Langrish, Talbot-Ponsonby & Co made munitions and parts for Spitfires.

So that's 22 plaques so far! Sure many more will follow ...