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Lydney Docks 1953

Lydney Docks
Courtesy of: Phil Hudson     Uploaded: April 2008
Lydney Docks c.1953. Owen Hudson with Lem Gardiner operating a winch or sluice gate which may have been connected to the Lock Gates. Owen's son David Hudson is the onlooker.

Owen served as a Fireman on the Railways throughout the 50's but eventually became a Water Bailiff and Fisheries Officer

Peter Essex added (April 2008): "Can this photo be connected to Art or Bert Sterr(e)y, my relatives, who operated the lock gates at the harbour around this time? ".
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