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Mudlarking the River Thames – Buttons! Pottery! Historic Finds! with Old Father Thames 29.04.21
Join me on the River Thames foreshore in London at low tide. Search for historic finds and experience the river at low tide. I show how fragments of social history unlock doors to learning more about the way we lived. Buttons, pottery, clothing fasteners, printing materials, plus a special 18th Century find. So come along…
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Ten Minute Treasures No. 2: Primrose League Badge
During this lockdown period I am sharing a new series with you all – Ten Minute Treasures with Old Father Thames. In each episode I’ll share a very special mudlarking find along with a bitesize history lesson. This week we are looking at my Primrose League Badge, which I found on the tidal River Thames…
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Jacks, Snobs, Knucklebones, Chuckstones…
❄️Mudlark’s Advent, Day 7❄️ Jacks, Snobs, Knucklebones, Chuckstones… what do you know it as? Dating back to before the Greeks, the game of Chucks (I’m going with this name, as China clay dice, like this one I found on the foreshore, were used) has been as big a mainstay in the playground as hopscotch or…
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Victorian Clay Pipe
❄️Mudlarks Advent, Day 6❄️ Incomplete Victorian clay pipe, bust of Queen Victoria on one side, crown on the other. No other marks but I suspect it was made to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee in 1897. . According to a Chris Jarrett of the Society for Clay Pipe Research, “a possible pipe maker for this bowl…