The House With The Monkey Puzzle Tree

A Memory of Guide Post.

My great grandmother, Phyllis Marley (nee Young) lived at 1 Sheepwash Bank in the early 1900s. Always known as the house with the monkey puzzle tree in the front garden.
She was married to Edwin Marley, who was a manager in the gold mines in Roodepoort, South Africa, so lived there on her own with her three children, Agnes, Jim and Will. However, he settled in South Africa with another woman, and died there in 1929 from malaria.
Phyllis's father, James Young, was on the committee overseeing the building and opening of the Methodist Church on Sheepwash Bank, and also a founder member of Guide Post Co-op.
James was well known in the area, owning a few shops (he was a fruiterer and grocer) and properties. He died in 1917, age 69 years.

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