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@BobbyBriggs
I think that grandfather rights means that pedestrians crossing any street should have priority (apart from motorways where they are banned), in as much as wheeled traffic should do its utmost to avoid hitting them. Over time though, as speeds and the amount of traffic has increased, the convention is for peds to be expected to use official crossing points and cross anywhere else at their own risk. Rule 170 of the Highway Code does give peds explicit priority at side streets though, but as you say it doesn't apply here because of the give way signs on the cycle 'path'.
However those very give way signs I think do imply that peds already crossing would have priority over bikes, as they are just as entitled to use the full width of the carriageway as any other road user. So if they are on the 'main' road here and already crossing, bikes should give way. I may be wrong.
This is poorly worded because I am tired and wandery, but an interesting conundrum to to get one's head around on a Monday morning!