Mill And Lock 1890, Shiplake
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Memories of Mill And Lock 1890, Shiplake
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Shiplake & local memories
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My Home
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
Shiplake Memories From 1942 to 1968
My mother and I came to live with Harry and Rose Marner (my mother's parents) when my father was "called up" and it was decided that Tonbridge was not as safe. Grandad was the lock keeper at the time and mother went to teach at the Henley Infants' School until my sister was born in 1943.
We lived in a house called Little Croft, at the end of an unmade road, between Street's Garage and the railway yard. At the top of the road were the village store and Post Office and the Off Licence. You turned left for the Station, presided over by Harry Goodey (Signalman) and Jack Simpson (Porter), who were related and lived with Mrs Goodey in the Station House.
If you went over the level crossing you could walk to Hobbs's boatyard (managed by grandad after the war and picnic on the small green there or go swimming. I believe this land is now privatised - a pity! To the left of this... Read more
