{"product_id":"barging-up-the-wye","title":"Barging up the Wye","description":"\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive and richly illustrated history of the once vitally important but long-forgotten barge traffic on the River Wye from Roman times to its demise towards the end of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as a detailed account of the barges themselves – the goods they carried, and the people who owned and worked on them – the book outlines the navigation and towpaths of the river, the wharves and loading places, some of the accidents which occurred and acts of piracy committed on the waterway. A final chapter tells the story of pleasure boating on the river beginning with the river trips organised by the Reverend John Egerton. While possibly a ruse to get his wife's visitors out of his rectory, it gave rise to the world-wide concept of excursions and the beginning of the tourist industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown more recently as a river suffering environmental destruction – with only canoes now travelling its length – the River Wye was once a thriving trading route for the rural economy. This book brings this fascinating period of the river's long and eventful history to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTim Ward (d.2022) was a well-known author of local and social history, and a collector of Herefordshire photographs, engravings, postcards and ephemera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Skeet is a former Chairman of the Herefordshire and Gloucester Canal Trust, and author of \u003cem\u003eRescued from Obscurity\u003c\/em\u003e, which tells the story of the original canal and its revival which began in 1983, 100 years after its closure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Logaston Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ 2026","offer_id":57666678161782,"sku":"9781910839775","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/2287\/2891\/files\/9781910839775-Barging_up_the_Wye-1-CWNB.jpg?v=1776022248","url":"https:\/\/sailorshop.co.uk\/products\/barging-up-the-wye","provider":"SailorShop.co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}