Hi Carolina, great photo, I remember the shop very well, I must have been about aged 7 when the chain started to slip on my 3-wheeler, took it to the shop - the owner adjusted it for me, No charge.
Wow - yes! A friend of mine after he returned to Birmingham after the War, having been an evacuee in the countryside yearned to get mobile and be able to cycle out to the fields again from Kingstanding - eventually after much saving, he had a bicycle especially made at Centric to his specification, sports stainless-steel spokes, 3-speed derailleur gears, Brooks saddle, etc.! He'll be so pleased to see this photograph Phil, thank you -
My grandfather owned this shop. He was Lionel Clarence Parsons and his son Harry took it over.