A 17th Century Bearded Wild Man in the Mud - Mudlarking the River Thames with Nicola White
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- Join me for a lark on the Thames foreshore and discover a variety of finds from 17th century modern day. 17th Century stoneware to 21st century plastic.
At the moment there is no mudlarking permitted on the Thames foreshore. The footage in this video was taken prior to the lockdown. I've been enjoying reliving it as I edit this video.
The Thames is like a giant liquid storybook and it holds within so many stories, both ancient and modern. On this video we find a beautiful chunk of 17th century pottery, some 19th century clay pipes and some mysterious items that I would like know more about. We also leave the swans behind for some parakeets living in a tree in my garden!
If you are interested in trying out mudlarking then you need a permit from the Port of London Authority. You can find all the details here:-
www.pla.co.uk/Environment/Tha...
Thank you for watching.
You can follow me on twitter and instagram @tidelineart for more finds and updates.
Take care. Stay Safe.
Nicola
Nicola White
www.tidelineart.com
April 2020
Hi All! Please be reassured that the I Am Brett comment is an old joke. I've known what it is for a long while now but I'm glad it has put a smile on faces. Thanks for your super comments and feedback on the video. I have had a lot of comments helping me with "I am Brett". If you would like to see when I first found the infamous "I am Brett" - then here is the link to the video. However, it comes with a terrible finger nail warning. You have been warned. Love Nicola x
th-cam.com/video/qr32SUs9HvA/w-d-xo.html
I LOVE it that the parakeets are there! I had no idea they could exist in the wild in the UK 😊 I wonder if someone had a couple of them and just let them go. How fab that they're doing well 😊
I know the cousin I am Brett Ms V Espa
@@howbizarre1081 Hahaha. Good one! :-D
Thank you Nicola love going on these adventures with you! I'm in New Zealand, it was so lovely to see the coin, a sixpence, and it has our native bird the Tui or also named Parson bird due to the ruff of white feathers under its chin, a beautiful bird with delightful song., do look it up. Sixpences were in circulation until 1967 when we changed to decimal currency. ❤️
I can understand the confusion. I once found a a name plate that said " I am Borghini", but I couldn't find any Borghinis in the phone book, so I couldn't return it.
I could listen to Nicola narrate the construction of a shelf and be happy.
A winters day ,a warm fire, feet up,a glass of port and listening to Nicola reciting the telephone directory....Nirvana
chris quinlan Lol, sounds great to me!
I agree
Have you not seen her other channel? 'Making robust furniture from pallet wood' ?
william avery 😂 😂 😂
Nature, the true beauty of the world. Not riches and fame, just what nature gives us.
absolutely Anne
At 15.20,you show a Bartman piece that I now own,because you gave it to me.
My gratitude is never ending,Nicola.
I thank you,so dearly!
A cup of coffee in bed and a Nicola video. Now I can face today's News.
Thank you Nicola you are a ray of sunshine.
We're all locked down in Canada too. I've never watched so many you tube videos in my life..lol I'm glad to have found yours, they are so interesting.
Thanks Gillian. Glad you're enjoying them. x
Yes, they are a joy. And so many people commenting about what things are and the stories they tell.
The parakeets are romancing and your lovely hollow tree has become a perfect home to raise a family, enjoy, they are very entertaining,
Eyes wide open, like a kid. Ooooh, what a little fairy land you have created out of found things. The way your collection started, would be an interesting story. Delightful visit to your treasure boxes. Thank you 🌞
You know,I enjoy looking back on your videos,to have a new perspective on things,now that I have experienced this.
It marvels me,because I know exactly where you are in this video,I was there,and I just hang on to the memory,the moment,a moment of happiness that cannot be described!
I'm so glad you had a wonderful time Charles. You'll have to come back of course xx
"Well its true I was initially drawn to the pipe, but then I noticed a monkey...." A wonderful opening line for a story!
D'Ann Sherstone 🤣🤣
FUDDLEYP JONES LOL!!!!!
Monkey looks like it is from kids game barrel of monkies circa 1960's
Thanks Nicola. Lol. I remember when you found, I am Brett. Lambretta. So funny. Oh my goodness, parrots being subtropical and tropical, I would have never imagined them living wild in London! A sweet breeding pair taking care of each other and looking quite well. Amazing .💙
Your nature photography is just about as fascinating as your mudlarking photography Nicola and i enjoy them a lot especially with well chosen musical background. Thanks so much for both; from an admirer in Montreal Canada
Thank you Claire x
I could watch these all day
Nicola,it look's like you have a little bit of everything in your workshop,you bring a ray of sunshine in these dark time's,I thank you kind Lady,stay safe.
Oh my god,I can’t stop commenting.
Parakeets are lovebirds.
Watch them love,while the Swans get all jealous!
😊
Looks like my friday is going to be a mudllarking day...to binge watch these videos !
Enjoy Betty!
Those parakeets are gorgeous! Perhaps since she’s sitting on the eggs, she can’t forage for food, so Dad feeds her. Watch for the babies! Loved the video and I see you are possibly working on more fish. Yay!
Nicola's parakeet footage brings to mind the work of Sir David Attenborough. I do believe that the bird on the right was indeed sharing his regurgitation, a common behaviour between bonded birds. Charming, right?
This Is What We Need To Combat Corona Virus Blues. !!!!!! Keep Them Coming Angel. Hugs x
Thanks Roger x
When I watch your videos I am so homesick for England! My Ancestry is here! I have been to England 4 times and never want to go back to the USA when I am there! Someday, I will live there! Beautiful bit of the parakeets!
Thank you ,
Cindy
Hello Ms Nicola1 Thank you for another lovely outing ! When lead toys are found it takes me back to my very distant childhood days in the 1950 s when a friends Dad used to cast them in several moulds from scrap lead ! We loved them ! Bless you ,take care !!
I could spend happy hours looking round your studio, it’s magical. Love the swan comments at the end.
Thanks Kerry! Yes, they would not be amused if they could see me hanging out with the parakeets
Good day Nicola. I really enjoyed the opening scenes. If anyone has an interest, there is an old episode of Time Team where they recreate an ancient copper knot ring. I'm glad that you have a backlog of videos, we may be in lockdown for awhile. Stay safe!
@@tabbycat2691 ditto👍!! I've been watching reruns during self isolation.
@@juliet5114 same here.
I saw that Time Team also. They were copying an actual ring found in a dog. Nicola take it to a museum. You may have found the real thing. A Roman ring.
A dig not a dog.
@@tabbycat2691 Hey! That's great! Thanks!
A cute froggy for a foggy day! That pipe had what looked like a feather along the seam. The guy in the folding boat is a brave soul. But I bet he loves the access to the river. With the shelter in place for me now going on the 4th week, so over a month, I don't get to go anywhere. My husband does the shopping and then cleans everything before I touch it. I've had two cancers and he is so protective of me. I cant even hug my daughter, who works from home now. She still goes out and she's afraid to bring the virus to me. So, your and several other mudlark videos are my escape.
take care Mary and lots of love to you and your family x
Great video. Thanks for the ending. Beautiful. He is feeding her. She can't go far from the nest to find food. Sweet
Thank you, Nicola for continuing to post and continuing to present intriguing finds.
What a darling little frog . I wouldn't mind having him hanging on my shirt today . thanks for the amazing history on the Bellarmine jug . It's repurpose factors were superb for it's time . Your studio is absolutely fabulous !
Nicola, your videos are always so fun and very refreshing. Your personality makes it work. Forever great full.
Thank you Thomas
Enjoy watching the birds on the Thames and in your garden. You have amazing and unique collections!
It looks like the male is regurgitating food for the female to bring back to the next. It may be that the eggs hatched and she is bringing back food for the hatched birds. Isn't is lovely to see the loyalty of birds who mate for life and how they take care of their young. Keep well yourself, Nicola. Jane, Philadelphia
yes i don't think they have hatched yet, but I am keeping a watchful eye to see when they do
as a metal detectorist from the north east of england, I turn odd interesting piece now and again, its great to find bits from the past , wondering who dropped them and why they were there, every piece with their own story, love your video clips, great to see,
It has taken me all day to finish watching this beautiful video in peace. I am sheltering in place with two twenty something daughters and my husband and I am definitely staying busy!!! As usual such wonderful footage! You have such a steady hand with your filming! Loved the monkey, the bartman jug find, the excellent and very satisfying pipe extractions, the ring, the gulls, the lovely parakeets. But I must admit...reading the comments about Brett!!! I have been giggling...you are so kind and so patient! I suppose many are not aware of the wealth of information provided in the comments. Sigh! Thanks again for the wonderful video!
Thanks Nancy! I am Brett will be with me forever :) Hope you're all well. Love from London
There are worse things to be stuck with!!! We are well and actually very productive. We are getting projects done inside and outside!🦜🦢🌱🎋
Thanks Nicola! I love the the frog and Bellarmine face and the birds 😁
Wow -- I would have thought that the London winters were a little too harsh for parakeets -- but they do add a bit of color to the foliage and birdsong.
thanx for all the enjoyment and calmness you bring to this rather mad situation we are all in thanx again xxx stay safe and well
Nicola you just make everyone's day. We need your terrific videos more than ever. Thank you x
You are almost keeping me sane with your ongoing postings. Thanks lots.
Hang on in there Lawrence! X
The tiny little frog reminds me of chocolate frogs one could by when I was a kid. They were filled with sweet mint cream and were delicious.Love your videos
Thank you for sharing Nicola, I think the frog brooch is art deco from machining on the top bar, and the style of it. 1930s, 40s maybe. I love collection of bearded man jugs. The parakeets are so pretty, how beautiful. Great video !
I am here in Florida in isolation, binge watching your videos since I’m behind and cleaning up some of my beach treasures, shells and fossils while I do. I also like the nature you film. Of course here in Florida we now have all kinds of wild colonies of parrots & parakeets. I’m surprised you have them there as well. It has been interesting, all my photography friends are discovering the interesting things we have in our back yards to point our cameras at. :)
Another pleasant half hour spent on the Thames foreshore. Thanks for taking us along. Your friend in Missouri, USA.
Love the sound that clay pipes make when they bang together have you ever thought about making them into a wind chime not the valuable ones of course or maybe there too fragile love your videos 😍
I suspect that the 6 pence from New Zealand was cut in half by two people who loved each other
and had to be separated by a journey, each keeping one half. xx
Hi Nicola, I discovered mudlarking videos not long ago and worked my way through all of Si finds channel first and have now moved onto your channel from your appearances on Simon's videos, I live in New Zealand and I am totally amazed at the fantastic things you find on the river Thames foreshore, there is nothing like that in New Zealand. The half New Zealnd coin you found is a six pence and basin circulation from 1933 -1965 , that coin will be pre 1947 as the word emperor was dropped after India became independent. I will eventually get up to your current videos, keep doing what you are doing, I love seeing your finds, I can never come home from the beach without some sort of pretty stone, shell or beach glass..
Thank you Wendy!
Sweet little parakeets! Thanks for sharing! 💗💗💗🐰🐰🐰✝️✝️✝️
What a fantastic room!
my favourite room ever
Love all your finds, however I always love your pipes, especially when you extract them and they are whole.Thank you for this lovely video. The parakeets are just the finishing touch of your video. Happy Easter patricia
Thanks Patricia! x
Happy Easter Nicola, to you and your family, be safe and I enjoy all the videos and the parakeets. Neil from Prince Edward Island Canada.
As always thanks for an enjoyable episode to watch. Stay well Nicola and everyone else.
Thanks James x
Beautiful birds 🥰 here in Australia we call them Indian Ringnecks they come in a lot of different colours :) they’re not in the wild here that I’ve seen but lots of people breed them for pets :) green is the original wild colour-my daughter has a blue one called Banjo he talks so well!! Bloody noisy tho 🤦♀️
Now all you need is a Bagpuss toy who makes all your finds come to life..... :)
I just want to say Thank-you with all of this sadness with so many people passing your video with the parakeets in the Beautiful song was just phenomenal but then again they usually are. 😉
So Thank-you Nicola
Thank you Brenda
You never cease to brighten my day. Again thank you
Thanks David
Now we need to see the baby birds when they start to fly out of the hole in the tree and please show your garden in next video
Oh I know Kenny. I am going to have to camp out next to the tree!
It's fascinating that some species of tropical parrots can not only survive, but thrive in our northern cities.
There is a beautiful film " The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill", about San Francisco's feral parrots, and a homeless musician who loved and protected them.
The knot ring you found made me think of a Roman era ring that was featured on Time Team once. They had a silversmith recreate it to show how it would have been made.
I believe those are Love Birds. They are like swans. They have one mate for a lifetime. They’re gorgeous🥰
Those birdies...made my day !!🦜😍
I adore ringnecks, they are lovely! They love peanuts and sunflower seeds! I have and have raised several parrots, but none were ringnecks..and hehehehe look at those sweeties nesting!! They very likely have babies in there or eggs, and the male is feeding the female so she can continue to sit on the eggs, or babies
Yes they have found some Bellarmine Jars over on this side of the Atlantic also, at an archeological dig site at one of the first settlements in the New World. Lord Baltimore was sent to settle Ferryland on Newfoundland's Avalon peninsula around 1620. I find the artifacts fascinating. It is amazing how far they have come in the dig. There is another fairly sizable dig site in the province where they sent a man surname Guy, name either John or William to settle "Cupper's Cove", now called Cupid, in 1608. They have a wonderful interpretation centre at that one as well.
Thanks for putting the parakeets on, they are so beautiful. I was amazed when I first saw them on a London trip
Don't think I'll ever get bored of seeing you pull clay pipes from the mud, that moment of anticipation. Whole or half. Great stuff.
The Lambretta 'incident' is going to run and run! :-P
yep. It will. I might make I am Brett postcards
@@nicolawhitemudlark It looks like Brett, but it's from a Labretta scooter. www.classic-trader.com/uk/motorcycle/listing/innocenti/lambretta-150-ld/1957/149556
@@vanaals exactly what I was thinking.
@@vanaals She knows this! That was the joke.
@@SluttChops My apologies. I wasn't in on the joke.
The seagulls at the end are doing their job in the circle of life.
Stellar finds Nic! I especially like the jug ceramic face and the frog! Thanks for sharing and stay safe and healthy my friend! ~ Gypsy
Thank you Gypsy! x
Nicola your mud larking vids are the best on TH-cam by a long way, we love your adventures xx
Thank you. That is so kind of you. You've made me blush :)
Regarding Freddo: now we know where J.K. Rowlings got her inspiration for one of Hogwart's favorite confection.
Nic, I think you should sell a t-shirt to promote your channel that says;
"I am Brett" and underneath that a
Lambretta photo and then below that
Tideline Art / Nicola White
yes, I am thinking of doing something - like a postcard, with I am Brett on it! :)
@@nicolawhitemudlark
Oh, a postcard! That sounds great!
I'd totally frame it and hang it on my craft wall if I could snag one! LOL!
I'd definitely wear that t-shirt.
I'd love to see one of her beautiful fish art pieces printed on a t-shirt. Those fish would look pretty smart on a shirt!
Winter Beach yes I think that would look awesome, a blue sea glass fish.
Your studio is a real treasure trove 😍
As always love your videos. I can hardly wait for this virus to be vanquished and new mudlarking videos to come out. Stay safe over there. Staying safe as possible here in the States (Florida). 😘
Thank you. You too ❤️
Lambretta: an Italian built motor scooter made famous by the film "Quadraphenia'.
A cheap means of transport shipped all over the world!
An original 1960s one is worth quite a bit now. 😊
@@tonycox5625 yes, you are quite correct. Spot on.
Tony Sargent you all really have to watch the other video!
The New Zealand coin is a sixpence stay safe from New Zealand 😀😀👍👍👍❤❤
With a Tui as the bird
@@bfk1970 Not a tui, a huia.
Thank you Nicola, a joy to watch☮️🇨🇦
Absolutely wonderful Nicola, stay safe, much love.🇨🇦😘🐘
thank you Marion. you too
Nicola, I drove a Lambretta Motor scooter while in Italy back in the mid 1950's .
you must have been ultra cool! x
@@nicolawhitemudlark Not really Nicola, US Marines were not allowed to rent vehicles while on liberty and maybe I got caught!!!!!!!!!!!
It's too bad about the toy soldier; perhaps instead of discarding him you could decorate a small box and have your very own 'Tomb of the unknown Soldier' I know you find a few of them every now and then.
All that aside, thank you for making these videos. They're great entertainment in these days of 'isolation'......
So glad you have saved up footage because I love your videos, something to look forward too while we’re all stuck in our homes!
Thanks Amy!
Delightful Nicola, just delightful!! Thank you so much for sharing with us!! ✌🏼
Thank you Judith x
Hi, the cut coin could be a magicians coin, used to give the impression of a coin being bitten in two.
Looks like the New Zealand coin may have been shared by two kiwis at one time.
Nicky L...yes, I was thinking that afterward. My great auntie, Joan had been engaged to a New Zealand serviceman and she died right at the end of the war. She was stationed down south (UK) and was a driver for the officers. She was only 21.
Excellent!! Your video editing/production skill is growing by leaps. What 32:01 minutes of joy you’ve given me!! ❤️👍🏻
Thank you!
Another thing I love about Nicola's videos is that her appreciation for wildlife is shown with the bits of Birds, etc. and her comments. Wonderful shows! Thank you! (From Virginia, USA)
The coin could be a coin that was cut in half so each loved one has their own half until they are reunited. Ok hopeless romantic! Lol
Carol Milburn I was thinking the same thing. Hope someone’s heart didn’t get broken then they threw it in the river.
I wondered if it was left with a child, so they could be identified when they were older?
The cut coin might have been a good luck piece for lovers as each person got a half coin to carry. Maybe someone thought it wasn't so lucky and the romance was ended,lol
It dates from 1937-1946, WWII era. Perhaps a British girl and a NZ soldier...
Often used as a MIZPAH June x
@@JuneAngelPews Yes, I couldn't remember the name of those 2-part pendants. Thanks
Barbara Collins...the name of the two part pendant? Ownership?? Oh, Ive become cynical since I hit my mid forties!😊
I remember a Tommy Steele musical called, "Half a sixpence"
Oh!!!
At 25:30,there is little monkey!!
I adopted him,and I love him dearly!!
Fun to see him on the shelf from whence he came❤️
Another great video. Love your parakeets :-) You really are spoiling us during the lockdown - it's fun to have a nose about in your collection too as you do the round-up. Thanks again - oh, and ignore the negative folk. They are not worth wasting your energy on. Those of us who follow and love your work know that you are following the rules xx
Am I allowed to suggest further TH-cam stuff to viewers? One way I've been coping with lockdown is by watching old 80s series like, The Witches And The Grinnygog and The Snow Spider, Tripods...all available on TH-cam. Along with Mudlarking videos!
Lambretta is a scooter. I'm sure someone's told you by now!
She knows! It was a joke! When she initially found it, she thought it said "I am Brett" but then soon laughed and realised it was "Lambretta".
Thank you girl for sharing your work. Looks like a big horse Chestnut tree the birds are enjoying. Leaves look quite large for buckeye trees. Take care, be safe. Better days are coming. Mike 🌹
If you put pipes out of mud, it is for me like a 2th Birthday, it is so magical. Sometimes the beauties make me tears. Greatings from germany Siegerland, near Westerwald😏
Not bothered by the gulls because frankly, they gotta eat their dinner too!
quite right Colleen! x
The Man with the Hat would be able to resize your ring, or of course, most jewellers.
Ouch!!
thank you so much for still posting. i always look forward to your videos. keep well and keep creating. from a former londoner now living in devon.
i just have to say i love every video sofar 9 left till the first one, love the way you show nature the things you find a heck i keep it short i am just hooked thank you and your fellow mudlarkers
Thank you Michel! I'm so glad you're enjoying them. Some of the very early ones might not be as good!! I learned (and am still learning) as I go along. Thank you for the lovely comment ❤️
I think Of motorcycles, therefore I am Bretta!🤓
Imagine my disappointment at seeing the title and after watching the video that I noticed that I was not in the video at all. LOL.
ah sorry! what a tease that was x
Let us know how the parakeets get on... Any babies. Love the music you choose it goes straight to the heart. You are the Mamma of the mudlarks
Please keep your awesome videos coming. Am enjoying them while painting and waxing pieces of furniture .
When you was talking about that lead soldier being too far gone , you sounded like my doctor when he exams me. I'm shocked at your daily death toll in UK please be careful. We feel for you. We are in lock down sorta. Beaches and pubs are closed borders also. I believe you can now see BLUE sky. Would you have picked up that frog if it was a real one?
Sounds like my doctor, he said you've lived most of your life.🤔
With a name like Hard Yakima, I just knew you were a fellow Aussie, even before I read the bit about the beaches and pubs!! 🤣
* Yakima, not Yakima 😞
YAKKA
A: "It's a knot ring."
B: "It's not a ring?"
A: "No, a knot ring."
B: "Your grammar."
not at all!
Thank You.😍 I always enjoy your videos. I hope you remain well and stay safe.
I was amused at your discovery of the lead soldier. As a child ,back in the 1950's, all we had was lead soldiers (long before the days of plastic soldiers). The trouble with lead soldiers was the fragility of the necks; they were continually breaking. The usual remedy was to take a bit of matchstick and insert it between the head and body to join them back together ( no superglue or epoxy at that time); it was the best we could do and it sufficed at the time!