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squirmeliaI had a half day of annual leave to use up, so decided to go mudlarking, see some art, and go to a cafe. As low tide was at 9:15, I got up at 6 to make sure I'd have an hour beforehand. I got to Blackfriars and then queued for coffee and drank it on my way to the foreshore.
BBC had reported 0.00 for low tide, PLA had said 0.2. PLA then reported the actual tide as 0.4, but this time I managed to just about sneak around behind the leg of Waterloo Bridge, for the first time since the really low tide last year. I found a salt shaker! I wanted to look longer but was scared due to firstly the boats causing waves and secondly as the tide had turned. But, two other mudlarks appeared after low tide and they both went there, less hesitant than I.
The first mudlark said there wasn’t so much to find these days, but it doesn’t stop them looking, and the second showed me a nice bottle they’d found.
It was another day when lots of bottles were about, but I tried to be more restrained and only picked up 2 R White's and two little bottles. Plus a broken R White’s, as it seemed like the Thames was attempting to make art as a golf ball had become wedged in the bottle.
I dug a jam jar out of the mud, thinking it was something more exciting, but then put it back.
Finds included:
A necklace made of shells, which I left on the foreshore.
Two buttons and a bead
A Branch GPO sherd. I am not sure which office this is referring to, having previously found GPO West.
A Mecca sherd. I am not sure what Mecca cafe this is from.
Aerated Bread Company sherds
Express Dairies sherds
A different style piece of glass of an R White’s
A London Underground shot glass.
A salt shaker, with lid that says Cerebos salt on it. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Cerebos
A pink handcuff
A ceramic pot that says No 1 on the bottom
An interesting piece of pipe (sadly the other side is damaged) - possibly Masonic?
A piece of a small bottle - on the bottom it looks kind of like it could say “lner” but it might say something else.
A piece of a large bottle that says “ard”.
A piece of a torpedo bottle
A golfball stuck in a broken R Whites bottle.
A metal bowl that looks like one you can get from B&Q. https://www.diy.com/departments/urbnliving-4-stainless-steel-ice-cream-cups-170ml-dessert-bowls-sundae-dishes-pudding/5063536181075_BQ.prd
Two R White’s bottles
Two large bits of a plate that were near each other. I did try looking for the rest, but didn’t see it. I only really picked these up as I could see a tiny bit of a logo and was hoping to find the rest of it.
Plate with Leipsic pattern on by Joseph Clementson. (The back has this stamped on it.) This pattern was exhibited at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851.
Then after that I went to the Hayward Gallery and then to Nagare.
(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)
BBC had reported 0.00 for low tide, PLA had said 0.2. PLA then reported the actual tide as 0.4, but this time I managed to just about sneak around behind the leg of Waterloo Bridge, for the first time since the really low tide last year. I found a salt shaker! I wanted to look longer but was scared due to firstly the boats causing waves and secondly as the tide had turned. But, two other mudlarks appeared after low tide and they both went there, less hesitant than I.
The first mudlark said there wasn’t so much to find these days, but it doesn’t stop them looking, and the second showed me a nice bottle they’d found.
It was another day when lots of bottles were about, but I tried to be more restrained and only picked up 2 R White's and two little bottles. Plus a broken R White’s, as it seemed like the Thames was attempting to make art as a golf ball had become wedged in the bottle.
I dug a jam jar out of the mud, thinking it was something more exciting, but then put it back.
Finds included:
A necklace made of shells, which I left on the foreshore.
Two buttons and a bead
A Branch GPO sherd. I am not sure which office this is referring to, having previously found GPO West.
A Mecca sherd. I am not sure what Mecca cafe this is from.
Aerated Bread Company sherds
Express Dairies sherds
A different style piece of glass of an R White’s
A London Underground shot glass.
A salt shaker, with lid that says Cerebos salt on it. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Cerebos
A pink handcuff
A ceramic pot that says No 1 on the bottom
An interesting piece of pipe (sadly the other side is damaged) - possibly Masonic?
A piece of a small bottle - on the bottom it looks kind of like it could say “lner” but it might say something else.
A piece of a large bottle that says “ard”.
A piece of a torpedo bottle
A golfball stuck in a broken R Whites bottle.
A metal bowl that looks like one you can get from B&Q. https://www.diy.com/departments/urbnliving-4-stainless-steel-ice-cream-cups-170ml-dessert-bowls-sundae-dishes-pudding/5063536181075_BQ.prd
Two R White’s bottles
Two large bits of a plate that were near each other. I did try looking for the rest, but didn’t see it. I only really picked these up as I could see a tiny bit of a logo and was hoping to find the rest of it.
Plate with Leipsic pattern on by Joseph Clementson. (The back has this stamped on it.) This pattern was exhibited at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851.
Then after that I went to the Hayward Gallery and then to Nagare.
(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)