Marks & Spencer

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Introduction
Issued in 1999 and completed in 2005. Part of Hazle’s Millennium series where ten ceramics in Limited Editions of 2000 show iconic High Street developments of the 20th century. Permission had to be obtained to use company names and logos. Like the original right, the cast-iron front displays an old 1d (one penny) coin. Some pieces have a clock here.

 M&S opens in 1903 at 61 Lime Street, Liverpool and by 1906 is the top store! On our 2006 visit it was empty and derelict. M&S now has a bigger and even more central site. Hazle used this old photo from the M&S Archives.

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 1884 - the first open stall at Leeds in snow. After a sales girl died of pneumonia, Marks moved to indoor markets. He provided platforms to protect feet from the cold and gave girls food and Christmas presents.

Hazle Ceramics
Marks & Spencer
Limited Edition of 2000
on Liverpool M&S

One retired piece

Private Sale £145

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M&S History
Trading from a pedlar’s tray in 1882, Michael Marks began the Leeds stall in 1884 and soon permanent sites too. In 1894 Tom Spencer became a partner in the new M&S. By 1907 both had died and son Simon Marks created the modern business. Since 1999 image makeovers and new products have partly revived ailing profits. Green sustainability and Fairtrade are the most recent focus.

 Pier Head. Liverpool has over 2,500 listed buildings - only London has more. The city’s 800th birthday was in 2007 and in 2008 it was a European Capital of Culture. A major port of the old British Empire, Liverpool has six UNESCO World Heritage sites. But The Beatles are its greatest export and the airport is named John Lennon!

 Hazle (left) with the manager and new model at Brentwood M&S in 1999.