Mr. Oakley became a minister in the Primitive Methodist Connexion
at an early age, going into circuit work before he was 20 years
old. Redditch, in Worcestershire, was his first station; followed
for five years at Leominster. eight years at Kidderminster, and
four years at Oswestry,. He came to Douglas in July, 1910, taking
up the circuit superintendency. Mr Oakley .has been associated
with the building. of four new churches and one Sunday-school, and
he has been for two years one of the connexional examiners of
candidates for the ministry. He has just been elected President of
the Manx Free Church Council, for the year 1911-12IoM Examiner Annual 1912 p33
