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Go on.........tell us all the M&S story.

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The story goes (family, you may have a different version, so feel free to correct me) that around 125+ years ago Joseph Sloman (my GG Grandpa) was selling Sloman Soap on the outside of Leeds Market. He was approached by another outside trader who proposed that that became partners and set up business inside the covered market hall. This business man's approach was rebuffed by Joseph Sloman and Michael Marks then asked Tom Spencer the same question!!!The rest (as they say) is history!
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Thanks for the story.Could have all been so different, might have ended up as.....                                            M&S

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Above, from the 1908 directory. No Sloman listed.This thread seems to be the one for bringing family together! DOBBO, who asked the original question, is a relative of mine. [He hasn’t managed to get any Sloman’s soap yet either]While I don’t doubt that the various members of the Sloman family when they say that they actually manufactured the soap that they sold, looking in a couple of trade directories, they only ever seem to be listed as merchants.My earlier post [Bernard Sloman, Soap Specialist.........] was incorrect. It should have read Bernard Sloman, Soap Specialist. 17 St Georges Terrace. This was from the 1908 Kelly’s Directory. The following screen captures are from other directories.    
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Above, from 1916.
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Abovr, from 1947.
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Visiting dear old Mam this afternoon I mentioned the Slomans Soapcome M&S stories.She remembers Slomans Soap being sold in the market.The guy selling it used to break pieces off and eat it toprove how pure it was.
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Sloman's Soap is still available to buy, in Otley, West Yorkshire. I got some only the other week. I believe the shop is called Beauty on a Budget (or similar) and is next to the bus station.My father is the gentleman at the front of the first picture posted by nickb - and my sister is the one 'pushing' the van! I have since found out, from another family member, that the factory where the soap was produced, in Leeds, was not, in fact owned by the brothers, but I have memories of visiting there, many years ago. The floor was always slippery and I remember being dwarfed by the big machinery, which was used to press the name onto the soap !Dogduke - we were always told that same story. I believe the gentleman who used to eat the soap was my great-grandfather, Joseph Sloman - the whistling man. (Also, the same man who wasn't the S in the present M&S !!)    

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Just been to see 'Mi Mam'ee talk about days gone by.We spoke about Slomans a couple of weeks ago and lo and behold she had a new boxed bar in a drawer for me.The address for Heath and Pratt is printed on the box,details as per Sloman fans earlier post,turned 6pm when I tried the 'phone out of curiosity,still connected but of course no reply this lateSeems to be worth pursuing if anyone really wants some.
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jaybee wrote: Sloman's Soap is still available to buy, in Otley, West Yorkshire. I got some only the other week. I believe the shop is called Beauty on a Budget (or similar) and is next to the bus station.My father is the gentleman at the front of the first picture posted by nickb - and my sister is the one 'pushing' the van! I have since found out, from another family member, that the factory where the soap was produced, in Leeds, was not, in fact owned by the brothers, but I have memories of visiting there, many years ago. The floor was always slippery and I remember being dwarfed by the big machinery, which was used to press the name onto the soap !Dogduke - we were always told that same story. I believe the gentleman who used to eat the soap was my great-grandfather, Joseph Sloman - the whistling man. (Also, the same man who wasn't the S in the present M&S !!)     Bet he could whistle "I'm forever blowing bubbles!!" AAAARGH!

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