The Wartime Memories Project - The Great War

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Maps show that in 1913 the Maybury Post Office was originally on Lavender Road on the corner with Sandy Lane. Kelly’s Directory for Woking in 1922 still shows the Post Office as being on Lavender Road but lists William Russell Baker as the sub-post master. However, in the 1924 directory does show Mrs M Riddiford as the sub-postmistress. Mark Reply

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