marks and spencer's first opened in 1884.
marks and spencer's first opened in 1884.
when did marks and spencer's first open?
1884
the company was founded by a partnership between michael marks, a polish jew from słonim (marks was born into a polish-jewish family, a polish refugee living in the russian empire, now in belarus), and thomas spencer, a cashier from the english market town of skipton in north yorkshire. on his arrival in england, marks worked for a company in leeds, called barran, which employed refugees (see sir john barran, 1st baronet). in 1884 he met isaac jowitt dewhirst while looking for work. dewhirst lent marks £5 which he used to establish his penny bazaar on kirkgate market, in leeds. dewhirst also taught him a little english. dewhirst's cashier was tom spencer, a bookkeeper, whose second wife, agnes, helped improve marks' english. in 1894, when marks acquired a permanent stall in leeds' covered market, he invited spencer to become his partner.
marks & spencer
bullet::::- in 1992, mk3 trailer first 41174 tf were converted to trailer standard 42357 ts.









































bullet::::- in 2007-08, 6 mk3a coaches were converted to trailer first 41201-41206 tf









































bullet::::- in 2008, 3 mk3a coaches were converted to trailer first 41193-41195 tf.









































bullet::::- in 2011-13, 5 mk3a first open coaches were converted to standard open 126xx tso









































bullet::::- in 2012, 6 mk3a coaches first open were converted to standard open 12176-12181 tso.









































bullet::::- in 2015, 4 mk3a coaches, first open 11034 fo and 3 restaurant first modular 102xx rfm were converted to standard open miniature buffet 10413-416 tsob









































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first open