Early Life
He was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, and moved from there to Harringay, London, when he was 8 years old.
From 1919 to 1924, Doel was educated at Hornsey County Grammar School, a co-educational school also attended by his elder brother.
On leaving school, Frank started his first, and only, job with Marks & Co, an antiquarian bookshop, located at 84 Charing Cross Road, London.
Always known as "young Frank", he learnt the trade from his employers Ben Marks and Mark Cohen.
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