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Isaac Dewhirst, Michael Marks, and Thomas Spencer blue plaque

Leeds, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Dewhirst's and Marks & Spencer. This was the warehouse of Isaac Dewhirst, wholesale haberdasher and manufacturer of hosiery, pinafores, underclothing and aprons. Obtaining supplies here, the Polish immigrant pedlar, Michael Marks, met Dewhirst's cashier Tom Spencer. In 1894 they formed the most famo

us partnership in British retailing.

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