Frank Turney

Anyone who knew Frank knew he loved a drink. In fact when the opportunity arose he tended not to stop. It was hard to live with but alcohol bought out all his natural tendencies – everyone loved him because he was so accepting of everyone, quick to laugh, even tempered, easy going and with his very own kind of sense of humour. When he had a few under his belt Dad was even more gregarious, friendly and funny. Again, it's different when you live with it than when you just see it occasionally, but nothing bought those tenencies out in him more than in large gatherings of family and friends with plenty of food and amber fluid. I remember plenty of family milestones at which he was always in the background dancing, imbibing to excess and playing the fool for everybody. One in particular was David's 21st birthday, in the Southern Cross Room at the Manchester Rd end of Gymea Trade Union Club one evening in the winter of 1989. I can't remember everyone who was there, but D