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
Captain Peacock pilot episode Mrs. Slocombe mentions annoyance with Peacock's posh "Royal Signals Corps voice". Although Peacock later brags about being in the Royal Engineers and his experiences fighting Rommel in North Africa, Mr. Mash likes to tell the staff that Peacock served in the NAAFI instead, and probably didn't ever leave England. Although Peacock usually talks as if he were a member of an elite Commando unit, on two occasions he admits he was in the Royal Army Service Corps (logistics) - in addition, throughout the series he wears the RASC tie. Mr. Goldberg, who blackmails Peacock into hiring him to