Frank saw clearly the importance of the connection between the miners' struggle in the 1980s and Arthur Wharton's twenty years as a haulage hand at the same mine 60 years earlier.
Frank was a special guest of FURD at the launch of the Arthur Wharton educational resources in 2013 at the U-Mix Centre along with members of the Wharton family, Darren Moore and current Manchester United captain Harry Maguire.
We'll miss you Frank.