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| No: 363 | | From: Mike Green | Posted: 15-7-2021 |
 | | Frank Green - Northwich RSC |
| | Passed after a short non-covid related illness age 93.
Born March 1928 in Northwich, educated at Davenham Primary School and Winsford Verdin Grammar Frank presented himself for an interview in August 1945.
He obviously impressed someone and he was instructed to report to Mr S A Jones, Inspector, at HPO Northwich on Saturday September 22nd 1945 at 8am to become a Youth-in-training or Y2YC as they were known. Payment to be 23shilings and 6pence plus a war bonus of 9shillings per week. Equating to £1.175 plus £0.45 for those born in new money days
Working his way through, cabling gang, sub app install and repair, a short time at Blackfriars and Ringway ATE, he ended up becoming acquainted with the test desk in HPO Witton Street, especially the cleaning thereof.
Frank eventually found himself working on the new test desk at the new telephone exchange in Middlewich road, later becoming Northwich RSC, dealing with subscribers faults and fault distribution to the faultsmen. He was also much involved in the sports and social club, children’s Christmas parties, annual outing to Blackpool lights, treasure hunts.
As is typical civil service time was moving slowly, much tea and paper sifting, until technology came along with an ever increasing pace, with new styles of management and working. Subscribers became customers, “the service” became a business and many of the elder generations found difficulty in adapting to new ways of working and understanding the new technology and decided it was time to let the younger men take the strain. Luckily early retirement schemes had also arrived.
So with P45 in hand Frank's last day of service was 20th September 1985, ever so slightly short of 40 years.
After retirement he found more time for his interests in railways and travelled around the country, visiting many of the national heritage railways, also assisted at Dapol Railway exhibition centre in Llangollen until it’s closure in 2003. Also became involved with local homewatch and crime prevention groups.
Up until his ill health in Dec 2020, he was still fully independent, of sound mind and body, and still driving.
Those that knew him well will remember, his no fuss no nonsense, straight talking philosophy, something that did not go down well with most of his managers during his time at work. Following from this a simple cremation has been at Vale Royal with thanks to Nagle Bros of Weaverham. |  |
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From: Doreen Appleby |
Posted: 15-07-2021 |
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That was really nice to read all about Frank also the mention of the railways both my Father and Grandfather worked for the railways and my Grandmother on my Fathers side came from Northwich so Franks working life and retirement life were nice to read a LIFE well lived I would say. |
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