Rushden Research Group: Frank Chapman, window cleaner

Courtesy of the family.

Frank Chapman

Window Cleaner

Thomas & Frank with the cart and ladders

The Rushden Echo, March 26th 1915,

Window Cleaning
F. Chapman
(Late A. B. West)
Court Estate, Rushden

Weekly, Fortnightly, or
Monthly orders taken.

All orders promptly attended to.

A postcard to the above address
will ensure a prompt call.

Frank Chapman was born in 1892, the eldest son of Thomas and Emma (Louisa) Chapman.

In 1901 the family lived in Denmark Road, before moving to Court Estate, where his father had bought a plot of land and built a house in 1906 called the Walnuts.

He established his window cleaning business in 1910.

F. Chapman

85, Trafford Road, Rushden

(the oldest established firm in the town) for

Window Cleaning in Rushden.

Weekly, Fortnightly, or Monthly
orders taken at the above address.

Rushden Echo & Argus, January 1924

F. Chapman
(Ex-Service)
Oldest established firm in Rushden
(Est. 1910)
For reliable
Window Cleaning

You can't do better than consult the above. Weekly, Fortnightly or Monthly Orders taken.
All orders personally and promptly attended to. Terms Moderate

Rushden Echo & Argus, August 1933

His father also worked with him in the business until 1935, when Thomas retired. Frank's eldest son, Dick then began to work with his father until he joined the RAF, in September 1941.

For the rest of WWII the advert (right) shows that he was unable to continue this part of the business.

Sadly Dick was killed in action two years later.

Rushden Echo & Argus, 12^th December 1941

Note: It is unclear what other business he had.

Sadly Frank died aged just 52 in 1944 and was buried in Rushden Cemetery plot H.48.
His father died two years later.

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