The Parker family of the Chester building firm JCParker lived in the Park for over 60 years with members of the family in nos: 7, 11 & 15 at various times.

James Cecil (known as Cec) with wife Elsie with family Wendy,Paddy, Robin & David moved into White Cottage (no:7) in 1938.
pictures show Elsie and Cec in each case with sons Robin & David who attended Mrs Brocklebank's nursery school at Mayfield (no:31) during 1939.

Cecil had joined the family building firm after an amusing tale recounted by his son Robin.

Cec had a strong love for motorbikes and during his adventurous youth had a burning need for a magneto. The family lived at Eccleston and his father James carried out many regular contracts for the Westminster estate. Cecil hearing that an estate lawnmower had a magneto that fitted the bill managed to acquire it. The deed went unnoticed until a cricket pitch required a mowing. The culprit found and with the honour of JCParker in the balance the only solution was to make him possibly the last convict sent to Australia. The cheapest route was chosen - by trans-Siberian during the winter when tracks cross frozen lakes. Three years hard saving in Australia and the convict returned not too pleased with father but eventually invited into the family business which he accepted.

Cec remained a Builder all his working life and retained his love of motorcars and motorcycles. He had numerous motorcycles and was also into aspects of country life - fishing and shooting. Robin tells that his father was a big friend of Bill Wilson, Arthur French and Marshall (Tiny) Pearson as well as sharing common interest in cars with Harold Sabine.

J C Parkers built The Hawthorns (no:62) and carried out various extensions/modifications on Upton Park houses including nos: 7 & 11 and the original Hawthorns (no:19). Other significant work in Chester included the rebuild of St. John's church tower.

Elsie's daughter Wendy joined the ATS towards the end of WW2 and served as a forces telephone operator in Belgium. She married in 1948 and left the area to return in 1970.
Cecil died in 1970 leaving the garden of no:7 full of old cars. His sons then converted no:7 by into two flats and rented the top floor to Shell. Daughter Wendy and Elsie moved into Loft Cottage (no:11) and later into one of the flats when Loft Cottage was sold. Wendy left the Park in 1989.

Wendy's early memories include -
• her and Robin hiding in the basement of no:7 and of the air raids with the sirens going about once a week as the German bombers returned from raids over Liverpool.
• snowdrops in Garden House - the home of Miss Longworth Dames.
• Dad's (Cecil Parker) car ELG122 would tow the sledge during snowy times taking us around the Circle

Wendy's daughter Sally stayed briefly with her mother and grandparents during the 1960s and recalls -
• Being bitten by the Trant's dog.
• Gibbons in the copper beech outside her bedroom window!
• Nettie Crosby's field opposite and her donkeys.

Robin also recalls
• Mr Godwin's horse and cart delivering the milk and Robin setting up a booby trap in the tree outside White Cottage; unsuccessfully attempting to soak Mr Godwin as he went past.
• The field now developed with houses 50 - 54; being used for horses by Sabine's daughters and by himself for playing cricket.