World War I changed the face of employment in UK at that time and Frank went to sea in the merchant marine as 4th engineer on the SS Trevalgan, one of the Hain Line ships.

Unfortunately, World War II intervened preventing him from carrying out his dream, instead he found himself employed in a new factory in Hayle producing dibromoethane, an additive used in petrol allowing higher compression ratios to be used in the most modern aircraft engines of the time - such as the Merlin.

At this time he lived with his wife, Winifred Hoskin, whom he married in September 1919, and his unmarried sister Holly in her cottage, Trevean, at Mellanear Road, Hayle.

For the next 30 years or so he worked from his small workshop here producing bowls, plates, mirror surrounds and vases in copper, using only hand tools and other simple equipment.

[1] Between 1939 and 1970, Cargeeg was asked by the council of the Gorseth Kernow to create most of the copper regalia they use, including the Grand Bard's crown.

Penlee House Museum[5] (Penzance, Cornwall) in early 2003, in a display arranged by J. Laity, covered in the Western Morning News on 4 March 2003.

A line attributed to Cargeeg helps explain the fewnes of the works he produced: "I deliberately limit my output to a small range of styles and sizes in order that I can master my art."