The retail store Marks and Spencer celebrates its 130th birthday today after being founded when Michael Marks acquired his first permanent stall in Leeds covered market and invited Thomas Spencer to be his business partner.
Marks, a Polish Jew who was born in Belarus, worked for a company based in Leeds (Barran) which employed Jewish workers. He borrowed £5 from Isaac Dewhirst to set up a penny bazaar on Kirkgate market in Leeds.
Dewhirst’s cashier was Thomas Spencer whose wife Agnes had helped Marks improve his English and in 1894 Marks invited Spencer to become his business partner.
A history of M&S
As we all know, M&S became, and remains one of the most famous names in every UK high street.
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