[1][2][3] His bookshop in Little Collins Street, Melbourne was described as a "gathering place for all interested in books and literature"[4] in the mid-twentieth century.

His parents were Thomas James Cheshire, a journalist, and his wife Eliza, formerly Napper, née Holland.

In the same period he became active in the local Baptist church in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Canterbury where the family was now living.

Cheshire published local editions of Shakespeare for schools to avoid importing thousands of copies from the United Kingdom every year.

[4] In 1932 Cheshire opened his first retail bookshop and in 1938 the business moved to larger premises at 338 Little Collins Street,[6] which over the years would become a "cultural landmark".

Cheshire would later publish several more of Marshall's books including "best-known, autobiographical work"[8] I Can Jump Puddles (1955).

[12] In his publishing programme he placed an emphasis on "the arts, history, biography... and the social sciences",[2] with authors ranging from Brian Fitzpatrick, Lord Casey and Clive Turnbull to Cyril Pearl and Peter Coleman.

He also published fiction and poetry for the F. W. Cheshire catalogue, with works by novelists such as Kenneth Cook, Vance Palmer, Neilma Sidney and Judah Waten and poets such as Bruce Dawe, Geoffrey Dutton, Vincent Buckley and Lionel Lindsay.

That home is now known as BestChance, is "one of Victoria's most respected children's services"[17] and operates the Cheshire School, which has been named in Frank's memory.

[19] Frank Cheshire was described in his obituary in The Age as "a gentle man who made up his mind quickly and always kept his word".