Miss Brahms the immediate interest of either (or all) Mr. Humphries, Mr. Spooner, and Mr. Lucas (and sometimes Captain Peacock, Mr. Harman/Mr. Mash, and the Grace brothers). Wendy Richard also played a character named Shirley in "Dad's Army". When she joined the cast of "Are You Being Served?", her character's name was changed to Edith Parish to avoid confusion with Miss Brahms. Out of all the men at Grace Brothers, the nearest she has ever come to having a relationship with are the junior salesmen. She is the object of Mr. Lucas's affections – he frequently asks her out, sends notes to
Mr. and Mrs. North Mr. and Mrs. North Mr. and Mrs. North are fictional American amateur detectives. Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, the couple was featured in a series of 26 Mr. and Mrs. North novels, a Broadway play, a motion picture and several radio and television series. The characters originated in 1930s vignettes written by Richard Lockridge for the "New York Sun", and he brought them back for short stories in "The New Yorker". These stories were collected in "Mr. and Mrs. North" (1936). Lockridge increased the readership after he teamed with his wife Frances on a novel, "The Norths Meet Murder"