[posted and mailed] Mike wrote on 17 sep 2013 in soc.genealogy.britain: > My husband Edward Spiers Grandfather George Partridge was the owner of > 'Pisgah' the barge which was used to ship corn and we would be > delighted to see pictures that you have of this wonderful barge. We > believe after 1972 it was reconstructed into a leisure barge, but we > have not details of what happened to her. "The only traffic by World War II was the Pisgah, a 30 ton grain barge running up to Partridge's mill at Pershore as she had done since 1918. They did some work to keep the 4 locks and 1 watergate working, upstream the rest of the navigation became derelict." [...] "In 1972 the Pisgah, the last commercial traffic on the River Avon ceased when Partridge's mill at Pershore was burnt down." <http://www.reedboats.co.uk/canals/rav/ravh.html> "There are also photographs of the grain barge Pisgah, of diving in the locks, and of voluntary working parties." <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=045-705-215&cid= 4-2-4#4-2-4> "He also sailed in the locally owned Pisgah under skipper Bill Screech for several years" "He also worked on barges later on the motorized versions Pisgah and Deerhurst as engineer" <http://www.gsia.org.uk/canals/projects/s10_lpb_boats.pdf> "The skipper, Bill Screech, shouted to me, “Come on lad, we'll miss the first lock at Sharpness”." <http://www.severntales.co.uk/chris-witts-at-work.html> -- Evertjan. The Netherlands. (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[posted and mailed] Evertjan. wrote on 17 sep 2013 in soc.genealogy.britain: > "In 1972 the Pisgah, the last commercial traffic on the River Avon > ceased when Partridge's mill at Pershore was burnt down." > <http://www.reedboats.co.uk/canals/rav/ravh.html> Then the Pisgah was converted and went to France, methinks: "THE FRENCH CONNECTION - Michael Handford [Dec 1979] [..] The boat we hired was a well converted nine berth ex-River Avon grain barge, the 'Pisgah' which had a large and comfortable saloon, dining room and kitchen, four double and one single berths, shower and toilet as well as acres of deck space for sunbathing. At the height of the season it cost us less than £40 a person each week and that included the services of a friendly skipper with a weakness for bacon and eggs which he fried up in his own self contained cabin separate from the main accommodation." <http://www.basingstoke-canal.org.uk/bcn/bcnews088.htm> photo dating: "Grain barge 'Pisgah'. c1951- 87" <http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/pdf/RecordsIndex-Agriculture.pdf> "Dad had a brother Bill Butt who was captain of the Pisgah, a grain barge." <http://www.cotswoldcanalsheritage.org.uk/page_id__304_path__0p40p.aspx> William (Bill) Butt <http://www.cotswoldcanalsheritage.org.uk/page_id__327_path__0p2p51p.aspx> -- Evertjan. The Netherlands. (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)