Mudlarking 49, in the rain

The skies were grey and it was raining when I headed to the foreshore, with my umbrella up. I headed down the steps at Gabriel’s Wharf and along to outside the National Theatre again and wondered what I was doing out there getting wet.

Things found:
Part of a lightbulb with liquid trapped inside, a vulcanite bottle stopper, a battery, a green bead, most of a pipe with maker’s initials A.R.

Staffordshire blue and white pottery (two pieces) with blue circles and possibly a bird. A pottery sherd with some people on, features almost worn away. Marmalade jar remains. A Panda sticker. An eye. Staffordshire Slipware. A sherd that says EE.

A pottery sherd from the Aerated Bread Company. Founded in 1862, by 1925 they had 250 tea shops. According to Wikipedia, the tea shops were one of the first places Victorian women could go alone.

Happy anniversary to the Thames! Keep on flowing!

I sang to myself on the foreshore. It's amazing to me how you can find a spot alone in central London. I was joined by two other people mudlarking later but enjoyed having the foreshore to myself for a while. When the tide turned, the two other people turned back and I did too.





(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)