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squirmeliaI was up late at a party on Saturday so chose to go to Chelsea on Sunday where low tide was a bit later in the day.
I didn't take:
A bus stop. I waited on the foreshore, but no bus arrived. Swans dwelled for a while nearby on the water and I wondered if they wanted to catch the bus too. Where would it go, this bus, which surely must be an amphibious vehicle, and may well be magical?
A combination padlock. I did pick it up initially as I thought finding a padlock was like being in a real life escape room, but then I put it down again as it was quite heavy, and I hadn't come to a conclusion on what I would do with it.
A safe.
A brick that said “Owen”.
There seemed to be less litter and also less shells this time.
I did take:
A green jack, a Victorian game piece, which would have been part of a game known as knucklebones.
A Codd bottle glass marble. Codd bottles held carbonated drinks and were designed in 1872. The marble would be pushed against the washer, sealing the bottle.
A glass marble with a red swirly inside, like I had when I was a child.
A nice handle from something, maybe a hand tool.
When I got home, something sad happened. I put my finds in water with a sterilising tablet and it turned out a tiny crab had been living inside the handle and crawled out. In future I will tap things harder to make sure there is nothing inside as I felt really sad about the crab.
Lots of bits of glass:
Part of a torpedo bottle. These were designed to be laid on their side and filled with carbonated beverages.
Part of a small dark blue glass bottle - possibly a medicine bottle?
A strangely bowl-shaped bit of glass which shines with rainbow colours as the glass has degraded. I'm unsure what this would have been. Any ideas?
Part of an R Whites bottle. Perhaps it could have been filled with lemonade or one of the other many flavours of soft drink from R Whites. Apparently at the beginning of the 20th century more than 40 flavours were on sale.
One bit that says “onaut” on it, which probably would have said “Argonaut” and would have been filled with hat polish. Probably Victorian. Hat polish!!
“Imperial pint” - probably from a beer bottle.
“Perth Whisky”
“This is”
Two bits that say something like “No deposit charge” on them, could again be R Whites.
Some big chunks of Staffordshire style Slipware.
I was not too far from the Vivienne Westwood Invader, so went to see that afterwards:
I didn't take:
A bus stop. I waited on the foreshore, but no bus arrived. Swans dwelled for a while nearby on the water and I wondered if they wanted to catch the bus too. Where would it go, this bus, which surely must be an amphibious vehicle, and may well be magical?
A combination padlock. I did pick it up initially as I thought finding a padlock was like being in a real life escape room, but then I put it down again as it was quite heavy, and I hadn't come to a conclusion on what I would do with it.
A safe.
A brick that said “Owen”.
There seemed to be less litter and also less shells this time.
I did take:
A green jack, a Victorian game piece, which would have been part of a game known as knucklebones.
A Codd bottle glass marble. Codd bottles held carbonated drinks and were designed in 1872. The marble would be pushed against the washer, sealing the bottle.
A glass marble with a red swirly inside, like I had when I was a child.
A nice handle from something, maybe a hand tool.
When I got home, something sad happened. I put my finds in water with a sterilising tablet and it turned out a tiny crab had been living inside the handle and crawled out. In future I will tap things harder to make sure there is nothing inside as I felt really sad about the crab.
Lots of bits of glass:
Part of a torpedo bottle. These were designed to be laid on their side and filled with carbonated beverages.
Part of a small dark blue glass bottle - possibly a medicine bottle?
A strangely bowl-shaped bit of glass which shines with rainbow colours as the glass has degraded. I'm unsure what this would have been. Any ideas?
Part of an R Whites bottle. Perhaps it could have been filled with lemonade or one of the other many flavours of soft drink from R Whites. Apparently at the beginning of the 20th century more than 40 flavours were on sale.
One bit that says “onaut” on it, which probably would have said “Argonaut” and would have been filled with hat polish. Probably Victorian. Hat polish!!
“Imperial pint” - probably from a beer bottle.
“Perth Whisky”
“This is”
Two bits that say something like “No deposit charge” on them, could again be R Whites.
Some big chunks of Staffordshire style Slipware.
I was not too far from the Vivienne Westwood Invader, so went to see that afterwards:
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Date: 2025-10-17 07:04 pm (UTC)The "és" appeared to be an -és ending but who knows. Perhaps it's a name label from a Hungarian-speaking interplanetary traveller named "és"....
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Date: 2025-10-17 07:53 pm (UTC)Hungarian speaking interplanetary traveller does sound likely.