Gone Mudlarking with Nicola White - Under the Bridge & Beyond
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ธ.ค. 2019
- Join me as I go mudlarking on the River Thames in London searching for pieces of history from the past.
To mudlark on the River Thames you need to apply for a permit from the Port of London Authority. Details here:-
www.pla.co.uk/Environment/Tha...
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Imagine finding a late 16th century pipe that could have been smoked by someone who'd just been to see Shakespeare's latest play
Cath Robilliard that’d be so romantic
@@patjsy1 it would, but as Shakespeare's plays were also popular in the area at that time, there's still a chance... unless it was Bill himself
Cath Robilliard my thought. Perhaps he threw it into the Thames himself saying “much ado about nothing”! 😉
~~~Catherine, Now that’s a whole new take on “Shakespeare in the Park”…
@@catherinerobilliard7662 wow now that's a grand thought.
I love when Nicola let's us 'play along' with her slow pan and clues:) like a favourite aunt taking your little pail and shovel inviting you on an outing. I'm grabbing my boots:)
The offerings should not contain any fabric that might tangle wildlife.
Emma is the kind of friend we all wish we could have for our own!
I remember Si-Finds discussing in a video that he spoke with some friends in the Indian community about the offerings and how the magic happens when the offering is tossed into the Thames so it is perfectly fine to handle and remove them. From a witchy poo standpoint I feel that once you release something and walk away, it's out of your hands and the offering will end up wherever it was meant to go. Your friend Emma is so cute and sweet. What a great pal!
Thank you!! x
I would not feel comfortable taking it if it was still bundled. But if were separated and found it, I would feel blessed, and that it were a gift from the Universe to lighten my spirits.
And I would really like to see an episode dedicated to these offerings.
@@TheCelticSelkie. thank you! Yes I'm definitely going to do one. You've just motivated me to get on with it
@@nicolawhitemudlark Great idea....... the one offering I was concerned about was the rattle you found think I would definitely have left it on the Thames foreshore ................. Though hopefully the Thames had done it's magic and transformed whatever was locked within?
Beware of Gollum, he is still looking for his ring !! One ring to rule them all !!!
ha ha thanks Stephanie! x
:D
😂 I thought that too!
Stephanie -- great one! I had to laugh out loud -- that's a disturbing vision though -- Gollum skulking around behind the pilings, watching everything that Nicola picks up. "Ahhh, she has it my Precious, our ring! Nasty, horrible mudlarkers!" :-)
Sauron is a cheap bastard making the "One ring" out of plated iron.
It's so cool that you allow us to mudlark vicariously through you. 😊
i like how you invite the viewer to help spot the hidden objects and giving us hints before scooping them up
Yes, and it's also maddening because she missed something just as special just a few inches away, and I keep urging there, there go back!
I am also reminded of this: "She sat by the banks of the dirty gray river/ to try for a fish with a worm on a pin/ there was nothin' but fever and ghosts in the water/ oh How Will I Ever Be Simple Again?...." a song by Richard Thompson about the loss of innocence, one of the saddest and loveliest things I've ever heard.
As I understand this- Once it leaves the supplicants hand, the prayer is done and it can be removed from the water. I would take them as resin and plastic are not environmentally friendly. Thanks so much for the wonderful experience you share with us each time you post! Bright blessings always
Thank you very much Jo Ann. Blessings right back. x
Yes, anything that is not going to harm the environment should be left behind, I think.
Thank you so much for sharing that. It really bother's me that things are thrown in, particularly plastic and such and just left to become litter. Grateful to Nicola for cleaning up and being respectful at the same time.
@@christinetucci9227 thanks Christine
Me and my best friend have been friends for over 60 years
It’s nice to have someone you can count on at any time
That ring might be Julian Clary's. He often talks about his loose ring.
Re the pot shard ~ according to the 1911 Census there was The Buckingham Palace Hotel at 2 Buckingham Gate, the site is currently under redevelopment
oh brilliant. Thank you! x
Yes built 1861 and apparently Gandhi once stayed there on a visit to London
Looked like a pipe bowl just to the right of the little pipe you found.
Seems like the makers of religious offerings who produce them in plastic need to find an environmentally sound alternative.
Fun trip.
Thanks Allan, yes I agree with you. they should be made of clay and not plastic
I saw that also. Was trying to get her attention so she would pick it up !
I saw that-looked like
A bowl
With a small
Stub of stem
I saw that pipe bowl too and kept waiting for her to look down and find it😄
yep, saw the same at :th-cam.com/video/HHT7IoM_kSE/w-d-xo.html
Wow, Nic! As the number of subscribers to your channel explodes--and the comments increase exponentially--I must say that of all your wonderful finds in this video, the best of all is your friend, Emma! To say you have a friendship that has endured for 40+ years is such a rare treasure, indeed! Value and cherish it, Nic, for it means more than all the gold and clay pipes. Thank you for sharing with us.....
Ah thank you Steve! That is so true. And thank you for being so supportive. I really notice that and appreciate it. Happy Christmas and New Year to you xx
Omg, a girls night out! Thank you for sharing your friend and bringing us along....as y'all say...lovely!
Love the drawing at the end. Thanks again Nicola for sharing your finds and friends.
oldest friends are the best!!! I have 3 women in my life I've been friends with for 30 years. They are a treasure!
Linda Birdbike going to visit my childhood friend today. We met when we were 12. We are now 62. 😊
@@ashleighjaimaosborne3966 Thats awesome!
I’m new to mudlarking and become obsessed !! I know it’s a huge ask but I would love to see the process of you cleaning the item that you find!
Me too! What is the secret to getting them so clean?
Yessssssssss!! I would love this too! ( :
Hi Nicola another very interesting lark, I wonder if my eyes were deceiving me as I think I saw 2 other pipe bowls when you were showing the pipes you found.... the tiny one is extraordinary and that Thames jewellery is stunning! Thanks for another wonderful mud lark 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
I think the Everett button is from: Everett Joseph, tailor 75 Cornwall rd Bays water. Information taken from the 1884 Business directory of London
Thank you
Is leave the offering behind. I love that oldest pipe. Thank you for sharing your beautiful lark. Maybe you’re next ring will be gold.
Nic, please take the non-compostable findings. In a recant study micro plastics (broken down tiny bits of degraded plastic) outnumbered larval fish 7:1, and those larval fish all had micro plastics in the digestive tracts and gills. That, my dear, is a preventable tragedy, please remove the plastics and make more great art like the cormorant.
I love that you are still finding things you've never seen before. Great video Nicola
The ring smacks of a broken heart, especially under a bridge.
I can picture some guy going over the bridge, pissed, and firing the ring out the car window. Myself, I’d feel better taking it to a jeweler and getting some cash!
Thank you for sharing with us. Merry Christmas Everyone ❤️🎅❤️
I adore your friend Emma, what a sweetheart , lovely friend. I am so grateful to you for this wonderful chance to hear so much history and see so many amazing finds. Hello from Western Canada.
A fun morning for you and all of us! Thank you 🙏🏻
15:00 He is stirring the coals for the opium pipe being passed...
Thank you Carl! That is just so fascinating x
Carl Copp that totally makes sense after you say that
Exactly what I thought! The pipe is hovering above.
@@nicolawhitemudlark I thought that piece the perfect shape for a charm. And a beautiful design for kne as well.
puff puff, pass. They smoked more than tobacco in those early pipes! LOL
James really likes "the metal bottle stopper, it's really cool!" 😊 & that pipe bowl is tiny, what a fantastic find 👍🏻 xx
Childhood friends who become life long friends are the best kind of friends...❤
Great episode ! Something for everyone
On the religious offerings, I understand the wishes behind it but to me it is littering the River especially if it is not biodegradable. Maybe the company who makes these can do ones that will be environmentally safe.
Thank you Sally. I agree with you x
Offerings are mudlarking finds for people 100 years from now, when all the English relics have been picked.
Oh, the little spoon! I love it so much!
ah, thank you Beth. I feel like it is the least admired find! xx
I love it too!
@@nicolawhitemudlark That piece of pottery you found with a woman stirring a pot ? she appears to be stirring with that same spoon lol
Am surprised it survived any length of time in that water
Love the artwork at the end!!!!!
Had my parents not left England for Canada in 1964, I would certainly try this. However, I will experience these amazing adventures vicariously through you. Be well. Happy New Year from Ontario Canada. 🇨🇦
Oh there’s my pipe, you had me worried. A glorious example of early clay pipes it is too!
I just accidentally wound up on your channel BUT I LOVE IT!!
one day you will find a nice gold ring ...love your vids...
Beautiful finds today! I love the bottle stopper. I would love to see an end of year special with a gathering of all your favourite finds of the year! I love your videos so much and really look forward to seeing them. They are so inspiring to me as they make me want to go out and see the world, because I have bad anxiety it was difficult for a long time to get out but the videos you make honestly inspire me 😊💚
Yes, I would be interested to see your top finds of all time...Thanks for posting your ventures! :)
Nice to have a good friend who can spoil you sometimes!
Part of me says leave the religious items and walk on. The other side of me says collect them and place them in the dust bin. Plastics and resin have no place in any of our waterways
yes, it's a tough one! x
litter. it'sthem. of Dispose
Leave on beach, where they were intended to be, please
Its a spiritual offering which can be removed. So it can be removed after its been there for a few days. Also i don't know why people don't go to a temple to do that instead of leaving them at river. How about leaving something that's organic and can brake down faster, like statue made of wood or paper picture.
If people cannot respect the earth that sustains their life how spiritual are they really?
How Beautiful the scenery! And Yummm fish! I love to go fishing!Hi Emma!
Just wonderful...thank you Nicola! I agree with all the comments on the offerings that they should be removed if they and the contents of the package are not environmentally friendly. They really shouldn't have been thrown in to the water to begin with...so, I hope, with everyone being made more aware of the environment, people will be more mindful...take care, really love your videos!
Imagine that the person smoking that tiny pipe might have been at a live performance of Shakespeare at the Globe.
I would say ....... you can take them
With Love from Guwahati Assam INDIA
I find my self watching your videos over and over
Here in the states where I live in Tennessee don't have such wonderful thing on our lakes or rivers .
Very nice to meet up and keep in touch with childhood friends, true treasures. On the religious offerings, keep them if they are of interest to you. I would hope that they were meant to be found someday. Very nice discoveries today, the bottle stopper and that great pipe. Enjoyed watching and learning as always. Best of luck with your next hunt for treasure and relics.
What a wonderful friend and what beautiful views!!
Thank you Penny! Yes, the Thames at night is beautiful xx
Yes she sounds really sweet 💜 (o^^o) 💜
The point of most religious offerings is the act of offering in the first place. Since that deed is done as soon as it leaves the person's hands, I would say that it would be a benefit to the environment to remove them as you come across them.
My last comment of this video. You bring us amazingly lovely content about the bits and bobs (British term) from the river. I will always be grateful and amazed by what you find. Your research of your little finds kind of thrill me. I worked for years and years at a thrift store. It was a lot of fun to research the stuff that sometimes came through. Your river finds are so much more exciting. Thank you! ❤️
Emma, thank you for being so good to our Nicola! *Hugs*
At 7:59 to 8:47 when you pick up the bottle with the metal stopper, right next to it is a stone with a white circle within it. The white circle is quartz crystal. These stones with rings of quartz in them are called "Wishing Stones". There are some certain people who would pay a pretty penny for such stones, especially if it's tidied up and smoothed into a nice shape.
Edit: And there's another at 12:23
Thank you for sharing how interesting. I shall keep my eyes pealed in future! I know of 'whitches stones' but not 'wishing stones'. Enjoy.
Wonderful finds today, especially the pipe. Emma is lovely so nice to have a life long friend.
Thank you! Yes, Emma is a girl in gold
Lovely finds Brought back memories, many years ago I lived just off Caledonia Road. 💚
I love your videos since I learn so much. And I’m happy you’re wearing gloves. I worry when you don’t.
Awesome video! That metal stopper is interesting, I've never seen one here. Reminds me a bit of the Lightning Stopper. You see those on Grolsch bottles still.
Thank you! Yes, it's the first one I've found and I rather love it. I was impressed that it still works after all that time. xx
As for Everett, I can find the following so far:
Richard Everett, Boot maker, 2 Palace rd, Bromley
Miss Elizabeth Everett, Dress maker, 152 Trafalgar rd, Greenwich
Mrs Eliza Everett, Wardrobe dealer, 1 Cross st, Woolwich
Thank you very much Larry
@@nicolawhitemudlark Also (don't know if it will help), the old Cornwall RD (pre-1912) was changed to Rowan RD and is in Hammersmith. www.maps.thehunthouse.com/Streets/Old_to_New_Abolished_London_Street_Names.htm#C
Hello Nicola ..what a lovely productive hunt !.love the miniature early pipe' the coins and the stopper ...the ring was exciting to see ! ...as always a great lot of finds ..have a wonderful Christmas ..best wishes A & S.
Excellent video as always Nicola
Fore Shore.
It's nice you still see your oldest friend 🌹
😀🥂👍🏻
yes, Emma is fab
Oh wow, Nic! You’re wearing gloves! Bet they help with it being so cold out, right? Lovely meal on the Thames and a sweet friend. Always lovely to accompany YU on your markings, dear friend. Let me know when the guys need another food order. I’m always willing to help in their journey to redemption as I KNOW YU are! Merry Christmas, Nic! Lovingly, Deb
Thanks Deb. Im so happy to hear from you as I was actually worried that I lost you somehow. Thank you! Im coming to the USA in Jan. I will let you know and that is so kind of you. Yes, the gloves were good that day. It was so cold and also I cut my hand so that is the real reason I wore them! I thought the sensible thing to do. I hope you are well and I wish you a blessed Christmas xx
that wooden/bone spoon could be a caviar spoon! Great find
Thank you Kathryn x
My French 'Mamie' had some and also called them caviar spoons
Could be, but also seen similar design used as an ice cream scoop, which may be more likely.
Battersea Power Station...pictured on the front cover of Pink Floyd's album, 'Animals'. The one where the floating pink pig glides around the British/English atmosphere. Awesome. I love this channel!!! 👍☀️👍
What a fun video and great to meet Emma! For a bit there I thought the Pipe Queen of the Thames was going to have a pipe less lark but WOW, what great pipes. Before the pipes you found the piece of pottery that had a person cooking something. Just above the cooking pot there is a hand coming down and if it isn't a utensil for eating it looks like a pipe. So perhaps you found three pipes? Great music, great video and beautiful art. An iron gold plated ring. Perhaps not hard to toss it in the Thames as opposed to gold. It may be hard to beat that gold and diamond ring you found but you never know. So Kind Thanks Nicola and now my Sunday is complete. I think my week would go wacky if I didn't have a larking video to complete the first day of the week. Now I'm off to a good start and stronger listing on me bucket list, to go mud larking on the Thames one day! Might find an ancestors item, one never knows, which is the fun in the mystery of it all. Thanks to all in your video and Thanks Emma for treating our mud larking Pipe Queen! DaveyJO in Pa.
if it's shiny and heavy it's frikkin gold every time. And all the things you miss.
I was watching Si-finds and he said that after the offering was tossed it was ok to remove it. The offering was taken at that point.
It's nice to see that you and your friend are still close. You said that you met when you were about 10 years old, so by looking at you both, that must have been in the mid to late 1990's! :)
At 9:48 you go over the large U shaped article. That is a clevis used to attach chains, ropes or cables to something. They are used extensively on ships. We use them on our farm to attach chains to our tractors. See, right there you had me gasping!
That reminds me of something I learned in school; Make new friends but keep the old, One is silver and the other is gold. Old friends are best
very true. Thank you x
On the pottery frag with the cooking pot, do I see a clay pipe on the top? Love the video! 😘🇨🇦
Hi Stephen. yes well spotted. I saw that afterwards and was thinking, is that a clay pipe?! x
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art, I've seen them depicted in that bowl shape before even though it is not a shape I've ever seen.
Loved the treasures you found today!
There isn't a much better way to start than by finding a gold ring, even if it turned out not to be actual gold. Several interesting finds in this video. The stopper was interesting by itself, but the story behind it made it even more so. Thank you for another interesting video 👍.
Thank you!
Growed up in Cornwall my Ansom thought e did
Is it allowed to throw those (plastic?) offerings and (forreighn?) seads? Do you let it be, or do you take it with you. In my eyes it's litterering..?
LOVE your painting!
Delightful Nicola, as always, thank you!
Great video yet again Nicola. Interesting story about the bottle top mechanism 🙏
You have gloves! Good thing
Carry a small magnet with you, gold won't adhere to it.
Just seen the ring result, dang hey.
As always love your videos
I absolutely love these videos! Just found your channel this morning and have been binge watching!! Wishing I lived near the Thames so I could follow your lead!!
Imagine the story that ring could tell? Someone purchased it with intention and there it is in the river. Hmm?
yes, I know. They would never imagine it is now the subject of speculation on a youtube video! x
@@nicolawhitemudlark perhaps that ring harkens back to " the day that Billy Joe McAllister threw something off the [London] bridge....."? From a famous song over here on this side of the pond, that you might not know, Ode to Billy Joe
13:15 Is that a piece of plate from the Grand Hotel??
Interested to know some more
i think it is. I need to follow it up some more
Nicola , you make every video interesting , educational , fun and just a delight to watch . Thank you . You are fast becoming part of the history of the forshore too !
Some nice finds👍
Great Pipe👀
Would the treasure picking be insane if they drained the Thames? Are the shores the best spot?
I’m not sure how easy it would be to ‘drain the Thames’.
@@ClayDress larger rivers were diverted for the gold rush in 1849. I’m obviously not suggesting it, just asking would the treasure hunting be better?
With all the millions (?) of pieces that have been larked from the Thames, at one time the shores must have been covered with 'finds' You could probably fill a satchel within ten feet of walking.
@@dpmakestuff it's cyclical. The more wave action the more is exposed, or rolled over... my guess. There are layers upon layers continually moving
Yes, it is fine to remove these offerings as once thrown in the prayers are spent.
A wonderful video Nicola, I loved seeing all the Christmas decorations, lots of interesting finds. Good job.
It's always fun to pal around with an old friend . Your findings are always so interesting , thank you for taking us along ! 🙂
Oh -- had to ask -- I see that you are wearing gloves when picking up things in this video, and often you do not. What was the reason for wearing gloves on this outing?
ha ha well spotted! well I cut my hand and so thought it best to wear gloves. xx
@@nicolawhitemudlark -- Good! I worry about you (and the other mudlarkers too) getting a scratch and getting an infection! As much as the Thames is cleaner than it used to be -- it's not Perrier water! :-) But I definitely picked up on the blue gloves -- I'm used to seeing your bare hands and your dirty (usually) fingernails -- which are a badge of courage for a mudlarker! I love that you dig in the dirt and are not afraid of the mud and muck! Again a sign that your passion is more important than fashion! A rhyme!
I would remove the offerings, once offered they belong to no one, the river doesn’t need anymore junk in it
I would always Leave Them!
@@davedruid7427 I would leave the offering. An offer to the river gods is final.
Would be better if people did not chuck stuff in the river in the first place. ”Religious offering” is a poor excuse nowadays, especially when it is plastic junk they are using.
I loved the artwork at the end. Your a very talented.
You have such a great eye for finding artifacts on your mudlarking adventures! It is amazing to see how many interesting and historical items ended up in the Thames over the centuries.
It's too bad that the offerings are made with synthetic stuff. If they were made out of unpainted, unfired clay and a bit of sand, they would just disappear.
I would feel okay about picking them up, as the importance for the person making the offering is in the act itself.
There is something there about the intention of the person doing the picking up... there's a difference between hating on the offerings and throwing them out to be spiteful (but not being as concerned about all the rest of the stuff that people throw in the river) and picking them up because you pick up all sorts of plastic items.
Leave the offerings, I almost feel like it would be like taking poinsettias from gravesites during the Christmas season. It happens so often here in the USA. So sad.
As I understand it, once the Offering is thrown/placed into the river, the significance of the object is gone and "used up",
Love your videos.. you have such a keen eye for your finds. Best of luck in your hunting relics
Love that little spoon!!
A married man madly in love with Nickola..threw his ring in the river to proclaim his love!!!
RE: religious offerings, I think if they look new, then they have been placed in the Thames more recent and for a reason. They should be left out of respect. If they are very old and of considerable interest, then perhaps that's another matter...
Thank you!
What a super spot to lark! So much treasure 😍
Fabulous video!!!