Can anyone say for sure if the shop was on the corner of Cowper Street? I am pretty sure it is and if so I lived there when I was 8 years old in 1950 and my stepfather had it as a Barber's shop. The shop is still there and is a wood merchants now.

No, the bicycle shop was not a corner shop, it was a few doors along on the North side, the Mongomery St end. My Great Uncle used to own it (Alfred Marsh) after he sold the business, the name (Marsh Cycle Repairs, or similar) remained until it closed in 1950. I was 10 years old and living in Byron St. I have a vague memory of the barber's shop.

Hello Dennis Fielder, I lived in Byron Street in the 1950s with my grandparents. They had a antique/junk shop and kept a horse. My grandmother was blind and so my grandfather didn't work so much.

Hi guys, I lived in the south middle section of Cowper Street from 1954 for about 20 years. Shops I remember are Moltons sweet shop, particularly 1p lollies and massive air bombs near Nov 5th, the Army Surplus shop on the East north corner, Muddle the piano repair shop near Moltons
and the total lack of cars in the street as a young boy in the late 50s early 60s. I went to Connaught Rd infants, Goldstone Junior, Hove Manor and Knoll School. A very sad day when GJ was demolished along with all of Ellen St including the cake shop on the corner and Bullens sweetshop.

Marion - I'm a vintage vehicle collector & historian researching local cycle shops to see if any made and/or sold their own. Alfred Marsh's tricycle interests me as it is motorized (it has a Brighton registration). Do you know anything else about it? Or have any other photos of it? Thanks, Colin

Colin,
Cousin Marion has asked me to answer your query but I'm afraid this is the only photo we both have. I grew up in Byron Street in the 40s and 50s and I remember the Marsh cycle repair shop well, but our Uncle "Fred" Marsh had sold the business and retired long before I was born.