Baxter, Frank – Nearly 30 years on Grantham Town board

Frank Baxter (1908-1996)

BORN at Irnham, sport played a big role in Frank Baxter’s life.

The eldest of nine children, he began his career as a joiner on Irnham Estate.

After the end of the Second World War, he formed a joiner and decorating business, Baxter Bros, with his three brothers.

As a cricketer, he played for Irnham, Corby Glen, Harlaxton and Belton Park.

But is sporting reputation was made off the pitch, as a director of Grantham Football Club for 28 years, 18 of them as chairman.

He even found time in the 1970s to build the bench-seating for the northern stand at the club’s London Road Ground.

He also liked music and played both violin and banjoleli in the 1930s, as a member of both the Olympian Band and the Accordian Bandits.