Since posting the above item, I have found that Mrs Olga Osbourne is still with us and living in Hove. Although almost blind, Mrs Osbourne is still leading a fairly active life. She was delighted to find that anyone still remembered the old shops.

I remember this shop very well. I'm pretty sure the restaurant 'La Fourchette' now occupies this corner site. Judging by the gradient in this photo, the view appears to be of the side windows in Bedford Place rather than the level Western Road frontage.

Yes, it is part of the side view. It was more kitchen and garden equipment than fancy goods. Olga Osborne (note no 'u' - we're fussy about that) is my mother. The London Road shop became a furniture store. I don't know what it is now.

I remember the 105 Western Road shop well. I used to walk past it every day on my way to work at 111 Western Road (National Westminster Bank). That was from 1973 to approx 1982. When I was at Fitzherbert School, Osborne Pearce used to supply the domestic science department with its cookery equipment!