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From the First PhoneThe first telephone in the village was that of the Le Bailleys. In the 1924 telephone directory it is listed as Bisley 14 and is the only one in Oakridge. The first excitement was when we got the telephone. Until then the nearest…

Postal ServiceIn 1852 & 1868 Richard Holland ran a PO at Sisley and Joseph Workman ran one in Chalford. Post OfficeInformation from "Home Words", a parish magazine copies of which were read by Paddy Farroll and notes made: November 1887 "The…

Since the advent of the Internet age Oakridge residents had had to put up with very slow speed connections either via their old fashioned phone lines or by using a “dongle” and renting a specific data limit monthly. Big companies like Virginmedia were…