Merstham, Oakley 1907
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Memories of Merstham, Oakley 1907

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I lived at 64 Brook Road have wonderful memories of the youth club, Skipper Williams was in charge. I had an apprentership with RJ Whitakers as a carpenter joiner left the UK in 1969 now live in Western Australia
Thay say that everyone remembers where they were when the news came out that President Keneddy had been shot. Well this is where I was; Friday night was dance night at the youth club and I remember the only topic of conversation was about the shooting of JFK and how it was obviously the Russians and that it would lead to a war, such was the knowledge of us 15 year olds! Once a year the ...see more
Oakley House, situated off Radstock Way, was used as a youth centre when I was a teenager in the 1970's. I never went there, probably because I didn't go to senior school in Merstham, but I heard all the scary stories about the house. One legend said that a teenage girl had been strangled there with a silk stocking and another said that there was a bell hanging in the attic that dripped blood on the anniversary of some dastardly deed! You can see why I wasn't all that keen to go.