WALTHAM FOREST: So near, yet so far for "Fab Frank"
4:50pm Friday 4th July 2008
WALTHAM Forest's favourite street warden has missed out on the Local Government Association Council Worker of the Year Award.
Guardian readers have been backing 44-year-old Frank Charles who, as well as working at the Wardens' office in Langthorne Park, Leytonstone, is a champion charity fundraiser and record-breaking stunt man.
Despite making it to the national finals of the 2008 awards, the coveted trophy was awarded to Pat Hagan, neighbourhood manager at Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.