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Hi A Sparks. I think I’ve now solved this thanks to your pointing me in the direction of the Burlington Arcade. I’ve now seen from an old thread that the arcade at right angles to the Burlington Arcade was in fact Burlington Passage, now no longer there apparently. At some time in the 70’s a...

Thanks for your reply. Was there ever an arcade that met either Burlington Arcade or Picadilly Arcade at 90 degrees and ran parallel to New St? Im wondering if the other clothes shop was actually on the corner of Ethel St rather than Pinfold St. should have paid better attention in my youth!

Does anyone remember a men’s boutique in the late 60’s early 70’s in an arcade that ran parallel to New Street and met Piccadilly Arcade at right angles about half way down between New St and Stephenson St? Or does my memory fail me? If not I bought a pair of blue slip on platform shoes from...

My parents were good friends of the Becks (David and Doreen?) as well as Laurie and Eileen Bevan (not sure if they were church goers) who lived I think either in Dyott Road or Greenhill Road. The high chair and play pen were for my children when we visited my parents. My father usually did the...

Hi Superdad3. I was slightly circumspection about giving too much away on my first introduction to this forum (I’m not sure why) but your reply was just what I was hoping for. My father was indeed Frederick (“Fred”) Parsons, owner of 56 St Agnes Road, and I am younger son, David, and my elder...

I lived at 56 St Agnes Road from about 1963 until about 1970. My father was a barrister and head of chambers at Fountain Court in Steelhouse Lane. He bought the house from Brigadier Cecil Cariss, who ran a successful estate agency business in Kings Heath, and then moved to Cheltenham Spa around...