Mudlarking 56 - Milk trains
Oct. 22nd, 2025 06:55 pmThe rain stopped just for a bit and it wasn't quite dark so I headed for the foreshore. The tide wasn't far out so I just went to Blackfriars.
I didn't find a lot before it started to rain again and the light was poor.
The piece of glass is from a milk bottle from Express Dairies. I've found a piece of glass from one of their bottles before and it was then that I learnt about milk trains. The milk that would have been inside the bottle likely travelled to London on a milk train. Wikipedia has a detailed article on milk trains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_railway_milk_trains
In other news, I am trying to get to grips with Instagram and attempting to post photos of some of my mudlarking finds over there. In the past I've only really used Instagram to look up what flavours of ice-cream are currently available in various ice-cream parlours, so it may take me a while to get used to it.
(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)
I didn't find a lot before it started to rain again and the light was poor.
The piece of glass is from a milk bottle from Express Dairies. I've found a piece of glass from one of their bottles before and it was then that I learnt about milk trains. The milk that would have been inside the bottle likely travelled to London on a milk train. Wikipedia has a detailed article on milk trains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_railway_milk_trains
In other news, I am trying to get to grips with Instagram and attempting to post photos of some of my mudlarking finds over there. In the past I've only really used Instagram to look up what flavours of ice-cream are currently available in various ice-cream parlours, so it may take me a while to get used to it.
(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)
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