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A Memory of Shiplake.

This picture of Shiplake Lock brings back memories. My parents moved into Shiplake Lock in 1952. This picture shows the old lock house with my father Peter Gough coming out of the gate. The old house where my brothers grew up had not electricity or running water. The old house in the picture was knocked down in 1958 when the current one was built adjacient to it. This was the one that I grew up in. My father tragically drowned at the lock wear in January 1982. My mother is still in the area in Henley and I frequently visit the lock with my daughter to tell her about her Poppy and the wonderful times I had growing up at the lock.
Darran Gough