Treasures left out at Low Tide that Teach us so Much & A Mysterious Giveaway - Mudlarking theThames
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- You'll realise why Im smiling when you see what I found hidden in the mud at my feet very recently. The question is - how old is it?! And why is it that the most non descript looking mudlarking finds can teach you so much! Watch this video to find out.
During this outing I met up with Kate Wiseman, the Author of The Mudlarking Mysteries. Kate is giving away 2 copies of her book "The Grinning Throat" so to find out how to win one, watch until the end.
The online launch for the Grinning Throat is on Monday 3rd July at 7pm and you can join by securing a free ticket at Eventbrite here (I'll be talking about some of my mudlarking finds at the launch):-
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If you would like to attend the Society for Clay Pipe Research conference on 12th August then find details here:-
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Thank you for watching. Dont forget that if you want to try mudlarking you have to have a permit from the Port of London Authority.
See you soon.
Love Nicola
I think that mystery ring may well be a souvenir replica Henry VIII ring made be a company called Westair and sold in some gift shops of historic sites like the Tower of London. It would've been gilded in it's time too.
I just was looking at a portrait of Jane Seymour with a similar ring.
I swear you have x-ray vision! The bottle stop appeared to be under the stone! 😮 You are amazing!❤🇺🇸#the grinning throat.
I'm not sure if my # entry will work with the the. 😥. Not double dipping😊 #grinning throat
I like how you have different things and have different people like Kate rather than finding the same things all the time. It helps me find other channels I have enjoyed watching. I also enjoy the history lessons you give considering I'm in Missouri and probably won't get to come over in person!
I just love your series,Nicola. I am trying to scratch around here in New Jersey, USA and have not had much luck in the past two years. I am handicapped now and I thought that may have been the reason, but it did not make sense because we live in the heart of our revolutionary war zone. Anyway, last week, low and behold, my husband opened my car door and I looked down to judge the height of the side walk, and there was a civil war gun pellet under my foot! I was shocked and so happy , you never know what you will find at any time! Thank you for you for giving me hope and to encourage me to keep a looking at all times.
Amazing.
super cool being determined gets results here's to many more amazing discoveries Karl from Canada
I always smile when I watch your videos, because you have the ability to impart your own sense of delight at your finds, and your enjoyment of your adventures...... you make us feel included and welcome, and this was a great one! I love a good mystery too, so "The GrinningThroat" sounds like my kind of tale..... I shall buy a copy as soon as I can 😊❤ Thank you for sharing.😊
There is nothing better than sitting down and joining you in the hunt for treasure, the excitement of the fine and finally the wonderful history you provide to us. #GrinningThroat
So glad Nicola that you posted another video as my Sunday wouldn’t,t be the same without you. I thought your ring was a sapphire blue stone what a find!!! Such an enjoyable video ,loved it❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I would go down the rabbit holes too in the history of those finds always fun to watch #the grinning throat.Thank you for sharing.
Kate's book sounds like an entertaining read for all! According to Wikipedia; Mudlarks in the 18th & 19th century were mainly men, but girls & Women also participated. They went on to say how dirty & dangerous the occupation could be since London's raw sewage & corpses regularly washed into the Thames. There was often freezing water, broken glass, and the type of people that the area attracted could also be dangerous. Great video! & neat finds!😊#grinning throat
What I loved about this video was the humanity of it . Thank you for sharing your delight in touching a surface that has been touched by another so many years ago.
I had that thrill when I saw Notre Dame.. it's the everyday people whose hands created it that matter most to me.
Nicola, I always enjoy your calm demeanor. you are a great teacher. Love all the new people you introduce us to. #grinningthroat
I did not realize that people were diving as early as 1800! I learn so much watching your videos on utube. Keep on mudlarking! I think I will buy the trilogy of #grinningthroat❤
I love the clay pipe & the history behind all your finds!❤️#The grinning throat.
Us your viewers truly appreciate you sharing the mudlarking experience and your excellant editing. You put together document videos with mudlarking, animals, skylines, soothing music. Thank you!
My 9 year old son, William, and I love everything about all your videos. His favourite moment this time was the ring at the beginning.
Thank you for making Sundays so lovely #grinningthroat
Thank you. Please say a big Hello to William from me! xo
I love that you are always so welcoming to the other mudlarkers in your videos. What a fun community! #grinningthroat
Another great day mudlarking. #grinningthroat I love mystery books. We live beside the Thames further down river from Greenwich though. I love watching everything you find, I can never spot your finds before you lol
Sending much love back, from Vancouver Island! Thank you for another interesting and entertaining video, I appreciate not only the content, but your excellent editing skills as well. I'm sure it's very time consuming, but the product is very enjoyable to watch. And now my garden is bellowing for me, so stay safe, and hugs to you Sweet Nicola! 🇨🇦🌹😘
I love the old shoes. They are so personal to each one. And the way the nails are in such neat spacing! I also like the Ponce pot you were not sure of. I've seen one on the Antiques Road Show, British version. #GrinningThroat.
I really enjoy when mudlarks find old shoes. So glad you took it home #grinningthroat
Loved the shoe.. We can still get that kind of style nowadays 😊 #grinningthroat
Always enjoy the videos and are amazed at the number of clay pipes that survive the Thames. Keep up the good work! #GrinningThroat
My favorite find is the shoe and the thought of him smoking the pipe. ❤ #grinning throat
I have six grandchildren who I believe would love reading the #grinningthroat while we camp at the river sometime!
I like when you found the clay pipe and the shoe,that for sure make your thinking if it's the same person that lost the shoe being suck by the mood.#grinningthroat
I am following your channel for a long time. I am still, time after time, really surprised of the finds you do on the shorelines, with your fellow mudlarkers of on your own. Piece by piece small tokens of history, which you make alive for us all. Enjoying every minute of it. Keep on larking... #thegrinningthroat
You might wish to edit your posting; there is NO word "the" to it. (See at 36:08) Like this: *#grinningthroat*
Good Luck!
Hi Nicola, We have been following your channel faithfully, since lockdown and we are so grateful to have found you. Your passion for history and artifacts is palpable. We love living vicariously through your mud larking adventures. Our favourite find from this video was the blue stone ring. 💙
Have a fantastic week! #grinning throat
Leslie and Frank, Newfoundland, Canada
Thank you Leslie and Frank. xoxo
What a terrific idea to turn a love of Mudlarking into a series of mystery books. It’s such a great way to get children interested in history’s mysteries. Thanks Nicola for highlighting all these wonderful creative people. #grinningthroat
Thank you, Maggie. I'm also a teacher and I know how hard it can be to hook kids into reading. Once they've found their metier, they're readers for life. I'm hoping that The Mudlark Mysteries will be the catalyst for a few reluctant readers. :)
I truly enjoy learning about items of history in England especially the clay pipes. I had no idea that there is a clay pipe society. Additionally, when I have a stressful day, I tune into you to listen to your calming voice and your welcoming remarks wishing listeners well. You have a kindness about you that is delightful. #grinningthroat
Hi,Nicola🥰
Your friend,Kate,I must read her books,young adult or otherwise!
Gosh,I have now forgotten what else I wanted to say,I am so embarrassed!
Oh! One thing! I am currently seeking out Airbnb at Rotherhithe,so far,no luck.
I will suceed!
I always look forward to seeing your finds, LOVE the clay pipes and even learning of the sometimes macabre history. #GrinningThroat
I loved you finding the shoe. I am a massive lover of historic fashion and dress history, which rarely overlaps with mudlarking because the fabrics couldn’t survive in the water, so it’s always a delight when you find a shoe. We get to see the beauty of the leatherwork and the skill of cobblers of the past and a humanizing reminder of the people who lived their lives on the shores of the Thames. Thank you for all you do, it brings such joy to so many of us ! #grinningthroat
Nicola thanks for bringing all your delightful finds to our screens ..I save your videos until bedtime because I like to go to bed with nice thoughts 😊 amazing finds especially the clay pipe a grand find ♡ you top larker #grinningthroat
Loved seeing the author and that unusual pipe. #grinning throat.
It was the information on the diving helmet manufacturers that grabbed my attention #grinningthroat
Lovely finds and thank you for introducing us to Kate!
Nicola, I just love joining you on your adventures. Thank you for all you do, the friends you have introduced, the treasures and the art! #grinningthroat
We enjoy the people you have on your channel. You are so generous to promote other mud larks. #grinningthroat
Fantastic trip this time Some real treasure there. Looking g forward to the next one.
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I love how excited you get about finding another pipe no matter how many you have found before. Your appreciation for the history of each and every item is infectious! #grinningthroat
Love the shoe, it goes to show how things back in the day were made to last compared to the throw away society we live in now. #grinningthroat
Yes,Jacque Cousteau,he invented scuba gear,which was the end of the era of chunky brass diving helmets.
See this is why I love your channel,it’s not just”hey I found this!” It brings in history.
At some point,you mentioned Marie Louise Plum,aka ‘Old Father Thames’ ,I call her ‘Dad’.
Not really😂
But she also turns finds into history lessons,and thanks to the both of you,and many others,we are bettered for it🥰
#grinning throat. I always enjoy it when you find old pipes with a design on them
Some interesting finds, love the pipe and want that ring lol😊 and nice to meet Kate.... book looks fab #GrinningThroat
This one I believe is my favorite video that you have done Nicola...my 3 times great grandfather on my Moms side was a Diver in London in the mid 1800's and my 3 times great grandfather on my Dads side was a cordwainer in Kent....your video brings them to life for me...I will have to do further research on their lives. I have an object that my Diver ancestor retrieved whilst diving in flooded basements somewhere in London. I am born and raised in Canada and love my UK ancestry. I was grinning throughout.... #GrinningThroat
I really enjoyed Kate talking about her book! Thanks for inviting to your Channel!
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I love it when you have guests mud larking with you. Always wonderful to see others enjoying the history to be discovered ❤❤❤ #GrinningThroat
Love today’s finds! What you said about how your discoveries prompt you to research topics you never even thought about before really rings with me. In doing my family genealogy, I keep stumbling across subjects and historical moments that I end up reading more about so I can put my family’s lives into context. I’ve researched military wars and battles such as Towton, Waterloo, King Philip’s War in 1670s New England, the War of 1812, and the Civil War siege of Petersburg, and topics such as Spiritualism, prison ships during the Revolutionary War, New Netherland history, Barbary Coast Corsairs, slave ships, the Salem Witch trials, the preservation of Indian Mounds, ferryboat captains in Sweden, and the Shakers.
Loved the ring and amazed the stone was still in it! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us!
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I am fascinated by those little tags you find. It was interesting to hear the history of the gas mask/diving mask company. So cool! Loved the shoe too! #thegrinningthroat
I love it when you find pipes. I also love that you can see these things that no one else can see them. You really are the Superwoman of Mudlarking!!! #GrinningThroat
Loved the shoe & possible pounce pot. #Grinning Throat
Love the Military pipe bowl Nicola! I haven't seen that one before. I saw the video with 'well I never', I really enjoy that channel because it's interesting without being too graphic and the presentation is great. Crime, mystery and mudlarking is right up my street so I am excited about the giveaway. Fab video as always 😀💗 x #Grinningthroat
My today’s favorite find is the shoe. Costa Rica is a poor country and it was worst when I was small. My mom was a teacher and some children came barefoot because they couldn’t afford shoes. Handmade shoes must have been a treasure back in the day. Your shoe brought back memories. Thank you for sharing. ❤️ #grinningthroat
What a fun idea for a series! I liked the old shoe you found. My great uncles ran a shoe repair shop in Olympia, Washington in the 1920's. They were Jones from from Wales. It would be fun to win this book. Thank you for all you do. I love your shows. #grinningthroat
What part of the video did I love ? Everything!! I love you making the finds and your excitement and enthusiasm, the talking about the finds and I really look forward to your chats at the end when you bring everything to life, like talking about the ridges and dents in the shoe made by long forgotten feet.. it has me thinking , who were they, how was the shoe lost? .. I just love this channel.. #grinningthroat
Hi Nicola, with reference to your clay pipe, you are correct in thinking the horn design was used on cap badges of light infantry regiments of the British Army, Durham Light Infantry and the Somerset Light Infantry are two that spring to mind from a fair few others that technically no longer exist. Also that horn, known as a Post Horn I think was also used by the postal service in its very early days, usually on the side of stage coaches to denote a mail coach and possibly on postal uniform buttons before the GPO buttons. Of course i might be wrong on the postal side of things and if i am I'm sure someone will put us right 👍😅
Thank you, Nicola, I return love and good wishes to you too. I almost always learn something new from you, today it is ''pounce''.
I just enjoy all your videos Nicola, they are all just beautifully filmed and bring history to life. #Grinning Throat ❤
From Colorado! Love to live vicariously through your mud parking adventures! #grinningthroat
"Things that you didn't know you needed to know." I think that's the very definition of "rabbit hole," Nicola. 😁 Thanks for another wonderful video! From one rabbit hole explorer to another. ❤
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(Sorry for the repetition - I'm just covering my bases 😂 Thanks again, Nicola. Have a wonderful summer week. BTW, "Well, I Never" is a big favorite of mine. It's fascinating, just like "nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art!")
Fabulous, I’m inspired and intrigued by all the treasures you find Nicola, especially jewellery. Love the ring, I’m learning so much. #grinningthroat
I love that you talk about the history of the pieces that you find, like the little round tag it’s not just a tag but has a story based around it. Watch over in Australia and can’t wait until your next one comes out each week
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The whole video was great, and now I know what pounce is! Learning new things is my favorite part. #GrinningThroat
Hi Nicola, I really enjoyed seeing the shoe you found. So glad you took it home and cleaned it up to show us again. #Grinning Throat
I like the way your friend Kate talks! 🙂
That split ring looks like a child's ring, art deco, ca. 1920. 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
Thank you for another great adventure! I love "hanging out" with you too!#grinningthroat
It’s so fun when you get together with other mudlarkers #grinningthroat ❤😊
I love how you link up with other mudlarkers and share their areas of interest. In this video I enjoyed hearing about pounce. #grinningthroat
When you find old shoes, especially those of children, I always wonder how they got there and whether they have a sad history. So evocative. #GrinningThroat
Great finds. Especially the boot. #GrinningThroat
I love the information that you gave on the pipe. I love your videos. Thank you. #the Grinning Throat.
I asked a question once about where certain buttons and jewellery came from and it came to me that unfortunately alot of people drowned and were never found because the resources to search weren't available 100 years ago so possibly and sadly some things could be from those lost. It's depressing I think but it's the way things were.
# GRINNING THROAT when you showed it ,I was thinking pounce pot ! Yay 😂
Lovely finds, Nicola. Well, it could be a 'pounce pot', as it seems a little large to be a salt shaker. But who knows?
It's always so hard to choose just one thing I like in your videos, but I guess I will pick the little piece of orange glass because I love your glass fish. #GrinningThroat
Lovely adventure to watch in my lunch time!! Learning about the past every day. ❤🦘
Wish i could join you on the forshore but wouldnt be able to get my wheelchair down there so i love to come along with you on your travels and adventures. I loved the little ring. So precious #grinningthroat
Enjoy all your videos. You are a pipe magnet it's amazing how you seem to find one each outing. #GrinningThroat
I love this and all your videos because of the sheer joy and happiness you project for each and every item you find. I enjoy and look forward to your detailed stories of the items and their history. So the thing i most enjoyed about this video is YOU! #GrinningThroat
Thank you Kathy xox
I watch Well I Never, all the time and your videos. I saw the episode of Well I Never before I watched yours. #The Grinning Throat Mudlarking Mystery.
Thoroughly enjoyed this week's video, especially the plug for Well I Never!
Such an interesting channel. I also enjoyed the finding of the pipe, beautiful!
Thanks Nicola, keep up the excellent work ❤
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I loved the deep-sea diver info Nicola! It reminded me of the Jethro Tull song "Aqualung".
Nicola, I really enjoyed the little tag and the information you gave us on it. #TheGrinningThroat
I believe the stone in the ring is NOT valuable. It has the look of a "craft gem" used for adding bling to items. The age of the ring could be any time. Is it a replica of an antique or is it an antique,hard to say. I loved the Victorian Shoe. Was it a man's shoe or a woman's shoe. I was left hoping you would display the bottom of your own shoe for comparison. I have been told, in the past, people had smaller feet. Is that true? I would love a copy of the Grinning Throat for my granddaughter Madelyn. She is 11 and reads constantly. This would be a great book for us to bond over, her love of reading, plus my love of mudlarking! BTW, I became aware of you, Nicola, thru actor Sam Heughan. He posted about some clay pipes you had gifted him. Since then, I have so enjoyed watching you and your discoveries on the Foreshore.
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Great video Nicola. Looking forward to reading #grinningthroat and I’ve just watched you on the Torso Murders. Very interesting!
I was so happy when you talked about going down a rabbit hole all because of a little find on the foreshore - learning about things you never even knew you needed to know. I feel exactly the same way! #grinningthroat
I have wanted to mudlark for some years , but watching you do it is great! Maybe someday I will make it to London and the Thames. #Grinning Throat
I just really enjoy what you do and bringing me along for the adventure. Watching you and Si has taken me down many mud larking pages in the UK and here in the US who knew mud could be so interesting? #grinningthroat
I loved seeing the shoe. I don't know why, but I am glad that you kept it. #GrinningThroat
Always a new lesson to be learnt. Excellent video as usual. Thank you #The grinning throat
As always, wonderful history!!
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I really do enjoy all your videos. Please continue to have others hunt along with you or you with them.
My favorite find this time was the little numbered tag and learning about the history of that company-such an old company and it’s hard to believe what they were inventing in the 18th century! I also like the pewter pot and the idea of it being a pounce pot (I’d never heard of such a thing either). Really interesting finds again today-comme d’habitude ❤ that book sounds like a great read for my treasure-hunting son #grinningthroat
I love thé little blue stone children’s ring, It could’ve been a prize won at a fair ground back in the 1800’s.
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Much love back atcha!!!!! Hello from Kansas City. Wish I was there!!!!
Love the nails in the shoe. One of my distant ancestors was a cobbler. Nice surprise for you to find that pipe next to the shoe. #GrinningThroat
I found an old shoe heel last year,loaded with nails.
I had it for a few days,but then had to sort out things to keep and not keep.
I tossed it in Greenwich,I regret it,as those nails were amazing.
Hey Jockney! He’s great,as is Cockney mudlark😂
Amazing Nicola, loved the pipe. #grinning throat, a cool Idea for a book, enjoy your week Nicola ❤🇨🇦😎👍
Nicola, yet another great episode, thank you for Introducing us to another one of your friends. Be well young lady.
I'll definitely be feeling for the indents of toes next time I find a Victorian shoe! Amazing as always. #grinningthroat