Mudlarking the River Thames with Nicola White - A stunning torpedo bottle & more!
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Join me as I go for a mudlarking excursion along the River Thames looking for pieces of London's past. On this occasion I start off in London and then head off to the Estuary.
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Nicola
Nicola White
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After watching a good number of your videos, I've decided that if money weren't an issue The one thing I'd want to do is leave my Job, move there and do what you do. It would be very fascinating and an incredible amount of enjoyment. Thank you for allowing me to live my fantasy through your adventures.
I feel exactly the same way! 😊
Keep in mind, if you were to find ANYTHING if historical value, by law, it must be turned over to the British Museum. They will then decide if they want it and pay you a finder's fee, or let you keep it as they already have examples of what's found.
O well said!! 👏👏👏👏
i'd love to do this if i could.Well maybe some day i can visit England.
As someone from America, it’s amazing to me that you can just go down to the shore and find pieces of history like that.
They have a LOT more history than we have!!
Remember, it was Roman Londinium before it was London!
Thousands of years 😊
You should watch some of the videos of people who sift through rivers in the U.S. Finding arrowheads and old Native American tools. America has plenty of history, as well!
@@kristinalapp388 That also sounds very interesting I will have a look 👍😊
You got me crying again .. little Charlie crab would of most probably of died and you took him back to to his safe place and patiently waited till he was free .You really do have the kindest heart ❤❤❤❤
Came for the findings, subscribed for the crab rescue.
I do not know about English customs but in the Netherlands we have a saying: "Het loodje leggen." (to lay the lead)
It means that you are at your end and you are finished.
It originated with the custom that when you where poor and you needed help you went to the local poor house and asked for it. You would get a let token you could use and it was commonly used when a member of your family died and you had no money to bury them. You gave the token to the undertaker and I found some references in burial books way back in the 17th century where next to the name of the deceased it read "two leads layed"
That's extremely interesting Peter
You touched my heart with your crab rescue. Living in America the past four years has been heartbreaking. We seem to have lost our humanity. ❤️ Such a nice thing to do !
Dear sir, I often feel the same way. But someone always reminds me of the good in many of us❤
You absolutely made my day with your "Charlie" crab rescue. God bless you for your kindness and your gentle heart. Love your broadcasts here in South Florida USA.
Now that is humanity Nicola ... The crab knew you are a good soul :)
I started following you after I started watching Si Finds videos! You two are my favorites! Today you won my heart and deepest admiration...The rescue of Charlie literally brought tears to my eyes! At a young age I was told that the measure of a man is his treatment of animals... You must be ten feet tall and bulletproof! Thank you for sharing your beautiful life! Be safe and healthy! 😷Take care!
Thank you! Xx
Nicola: In addition to your wonderful finds, which never cease to amaze, my hat's off to you for your exceptional video editing and production work! Your musical selections, digital editing, and fun inserts do not go unnoticed. You are indeed a renaissance woman! Additionally, thanks for sharing your family with us while in Guernsey....lovely people. I cannot wait to see you, Angelo and the band, and all your cruise mis-adventures with Bon Jovi. Enjoy!
Naafi created by the British...to run recreational establishment..sorry lost it...Dec. 9, 1920 est.
Couldn't find the coin in my relatively modern/ current(1974) Current cooins of the WORLD!😎
@@christineberry3076 Hi Christine! I’m a Christine Berry too! How strange that we should both be watching Nicola’s amazing videos! The magic of mudlarking in action!
Love the NAAFI fragment.
My Mum was in the NAAFI during the war, and was sent to Italy and Algeria. She also worked deep under Whitehall where the Churchill War Rooms Are now.
When the Thames was at high tide, they had to stand on duck boards to keep dry as it flooded under there!
One evening she said Churchill came along to the canteen and they asked him what he’d like to eat. He said, “Oh, whatever you girls are making.” 😁
That's amazing!! What a story
Great story...I’ve been down there! ❤️🇬🇧
@@nicolawhitemudlark I was curious about the message in a bottle? I am the father of a little girl who has passed from leukemia and the last year of her life she sent 5 messages in the Mississippi river "I was stationed in Missouri at the time" and she had fought and fought because she continued to get emails from people who had found her messages and continued the chain. The reason I am posting this is that you said you would put the message in your collection. In my personal experience I know what a message in a bottle can do for someone when it gives them the will to continue living past what doctors say they have. Please do like many other people on this comment section have suggested and make copies for your private collection and place the message back for someone else. What you're doing is the same as destroying a child's hope. I am not trying to be mean by that comment just factual. If you decide to take my advise I have a few tips to help keep the bottle moving down the river better and not deteriorate. If you put it back, change the bottle to a new one "it will help keep the message floating further" and apply a light coat to rtv silicone to the caps threads. This helps to keep the bottle from getting water inside and destroying the notes and sinking. And add to your message the instructions. Finally, use a permanent marker "Sharpie works great" and write "Message in a bottle, threads sealed with silicone" on the exterior of bottle so the finder will understand why the cap wont come off. We received emails all the way to the mouth of the Mississippi river and then from a fishing boat, and after Melissa had passed we continue to receive emails. So far Cancun, Mexico is the furthest out. These messages continue to give me and my wife memories of a child we can no longer hold. Please don't break the chain! Sincerely SSGT. Mike Smith USMC
Thanks for sharing and the glimpse into daily activities (lunch, the "girls" being the caretakers), the conditions during the war. I hope you or your mum wrote down to pass on :)
I've found many of those glass ink bottles but they've all been green, never one in blue. What a lovely find too.
I find your videos so relaxing! I watch them just before bed so all the crunchy pebble, sand, rain and wind noises are very comforting. The added dose of history is a nice bonus too!
Great! Sleep well 😴
i'm with Sandra - keep the message bottle going !
consider Xerox copying, for your collection, before
tossing back with your note added.
I really liked the bottle finds. Regarding the message find, don't break the chain of messages. Make copies plus add your story and send it back to the river. What fun this child will have if he continues to receive messages into adulthood. Your story and the river will continue to flow!
Really cool larking. I swear I'd be stuck in one spot looking at all the stuff there. Of course, I like rocks - a lot.
My same thoughts! I’m a rock hound.
I think you should scan the notes, put either the copies or originals in the bottle along with a note of your own and resend it out from another place. Keep it going!! CONGRATS for your son and your cruise opportunity.
That crab stow away in the bottle was really cute! And I love that you named him!
Thank you for taking the crab back to the shore. He might have grown too big and never got out of that bottle.
I have been watching your videos for a while and wished every time I had a torpedo bottle of my own. never voiced it just thought it in my mind and Imagine my surprise, my sister gave me a beautiful Thames torpedo bottle, she actually found mudlarking in the early 80ties, this past 2020 Christmas as a gift. I cried. Only my sis would know what I secretly wanted in my heart for a special gift. My sis has had the worst cancer in 2020 and we live in Texas, she is a collector of art and her house is on the Austin Weird Homes Tour and it is so wierd and lovely all the same. My Mum was a British war bride. I spent half my life flying back and forth the big pond and your accent and colloquialisms remind me of my Mother's voice and you say the quintessential English epitaphs she used to sling about and it reminds me where I learned them, my Mom long dead. Thank you for your lovely calming informative videos. My bright spot in 2020...Gillian Doreen Smith, using my son's u-tube LOL...
Thank you! So glad you got your torpedo bottle! X
Well done for saving Charlie 🦀 Lovely bottle finds.
I made a half-ashtray in pottery class once ... told my instructor it was for my half-ash friends .. she wasn't amused 😏
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We are so fortunate to have the Thames and it’s 3000 years of liquid history to discover.
New here.. from the states.. Why is there so much stuff in the Thames?
Jenn K - Hello Jenn. Well I suppose it’s because for most of it’s 3000 years of existence, London was the world’s biggest, most populous city, and it’s residents treated the Thames as a convenient waste disposal. 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
@@Page1958 one video I watched said they used garbage and bits of torn down houses as backfill behind holding walls that are now eroding away
I am so glad that I found your site Nicola. I am from Alabama in the colonies. It amazes me at all the artifacts that you find just walking the Thames. I love your accent too! Great hunting!!
Love the Harrods torpedo bottle, and even more that you returned the resident crab to the river! The pipe bowl is stunning and you found some unique tokens. Congrats on having your karaoke audition chosen for the cruise. Is there anything you can't do Nicola?!!
Putting another message in the bottle and let it continue it's journey.
Your videos are so soothing to me. Your narration puts me in a relaxed state. Thank you for the lovely diversion you provide poking about in the mud!
Good job with Charles. It wouldn't do for him to have grown any bigger.
And, what a rich day in the mud! Lots of good finds!
How awesome would it be if they did one antiques road show just dedicated to amazing things Larkers have found
What a brilliant idea! Have you written to suggest it?
Hi Nicola I couldn't agree more with Steve H the way you put videos together really is a credit to you, I think your feelings for art ,the thames shore and the environment really shine through. Thanks.
I only discovered these videos recently but I have grown to love them. They are so inspiring.
Thank you Nicola.
Such a lovely ink bottle. The marble is a gem! I am sure Charlie Crab is now happily swimming around the Thames and making finds of his own. I was really happy to see a long video today. I needed that! Thank you, Nic. :) Congrats, again, to your son and Collateral and to YOU for winning the Karaoke with Bon Jovi ! Well done...Cheers!
Nicola! You get to sing with Bon Jovi's band! How cool is that??? And Angelo and Collateral, opening the show!!! So awesome, I'm so happy for you both! Beautiful bottles and finds, as always! Thanks for another wonderful video!
Well done Nicola, you compassion even for a small crab is to be commendable.
I loved the Roman pottery! Can't wait for you to work with Richard! His videos are very informative as well.
Richard Is always a pleasure to listen to. His expertise when it comes to identifying pottery shards is amazing. Looking forward to seeing Nicola’s collaboration with him.
What a really marvelous video with all kinds of finds. Sunbathing seal, a visit from Mrs Spider and Charlie the crab. The bottles were lovely, especially the blue ink bottle.
Once again my lady of the River Thames does not disappoint. My Sunday morning cup of coffee and watching your video starts the day off with a joyful dose of Lady Nicola and her adventures on her river, I have learned so much about England because of your efforts, thank you.
Double bonus with two videos this week! Nic, you are such a humanitarian (or crabitarian) to release Charlie back into the world! I would have come back with bags of material from the estuary lark. Cheers!
It would be nice to add a note and throw the bottle back instead of keeping it.it would be interesting to see who.else finds it 🙂
Nicola, you need your own TV show on PBS. Thanks for the adventure, you have a great vibe.
These programmes are addictive I just enjoy them so very much, Thank you.
I’m glad that you & your mudlarking cohorts care enough to be stewards of the Thames ecosystem whether it’s flora, fauna or relics. Such a good example to treasure hunters everywhere. Love your videos & your art. I watch from Chicago, IL area.
OMG! That amazing torpedo bottle!! So jealous!!😍😍😍 Cheers from Costa Rica!!
USA Here Congratulations on being chosen to sing, you know if you don't let us hear you sing you will be haunted by us. We are family so we should be able to hear you. Your finds on this video are very interesting thank you for sharing with us.
What a kind heart you have, saving that little crab.I love your videos.
Thanks Ann. I hope he found a new bottle for a home!
Me too.
Congratulations to both you and your son I'm sure you will Rock the boat! I usually can't sit through 36 minutes of videos but I always watch yours till the very end and they are my favorites, thank you.
"This is the only bottle I'll ever throw in the river" that made me tear up a bit
Congratulations!!!! Well done! Lovely lark today, such great finds and a daring crab rescue and relocation! Wonderful Sunday watching!💕
You are such a kind spirit, wish the world had more people like you! Love watching your treasure hunts!
Wouldn’t it be cool to have a pathway with all of those bricks that had something written on them. Just thinking here.
Terrific thought. Loved the "Bonny Bridge" one! (9:53)
To be honest that's what I thought they must have come from.
I come from Glenboig which was one of the bricks.
That would be lovely!
During colonial times ships ware carrying bricks as ballast when they sailed to the Caribbean. There are a lot of colonial buildings in places like Trinidad built with these bricks made in the UK, easily recognizable from these imprinted names.
What a great day I've had today. Metal detecting earlier, England win at cricket and to cap it all, a new Nicola video.
Loved what you found! It’s funny as I was sat reading the page on Torpedo bottles in London In Fragments and your video popped up! 😄I hadn’t heard of them before. Everyday really is a school day with Mudlarking, I love it! Congratulations on being selected to sing with the Bonjovi band! what an experience to share with your son! I think he has a great stage presence. You will be fab, Enjoy! x
Just absolutely charming. It’s like walking along the river bank with my pal Nicola, mudlarking on the Thames, plus a fascinating history lesson. These videos are such a pleasure.
You are taking me back to 2003 when I retired and moved to Florida. Every day on the beach shelling and whatever other treasures were to be found. I loved doing it, sifting through sand and debris for that lucky piece of the day. So here you are now saving my back and neck from the strain, ahh but you're young. Best finds to you in 2021.
Thanks Maggie!
Just discovered. What a great channel, that's my lunch hour at work viewing sorted out. Keep up the good work!!
This was a beautiful way to spend a Sunday morning! On another mudlark with you! I love the history, and that you are willing to take the time to research the items you find. Your kind heart shows with your compassion for the animals. Congratulations on being selected to sing with the Bon Jovi band! I hope you will see that we hear it, here on your videos! Have a wonderful week!
What a fruitful trip! I particularly like that Harrod's bottle (and the crab-- thank you for giving him another chance!) And oh my gods, CONGRATS ON YOUR WIN! AND ON YOUR SON'S WIN! Well-deserved, both of them!
Me, I'd add my message to that bottle and send it on its way-- let it voyage on into the future!
I live in Utah in the Rocky Mountains in the US. I have been ill and disabled for about 5 years. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ! They are just magical and have such a calming effect on me. I have visited the U.K many times and have a special love for london and the out laying areas. I can't walk very well any more' let alone bending over, so watching you find treasure is a wonderful treat. I love your art work too and hope to possibly buy one of the fish in the near future. Thank you for all your hard work !
Those new boots are looking even better now you've got some mud on them.
thank you.a beautiful video that makes your location the envy of the world.so much history.
I love watching your videos Nicola. It's very relaxing and educational. We don't have the long history here is Canada so it's very nice to see the things that wash up on the shore.
Congratulations on your audition!! Can't wait to see you perform next week! Great bottle finds, and the pipe is the coolest one yet!
Good bottle finds Nicola! The bowl of the pipe is really interesting and apparently rare. Charlie is an extremely lucky crab to have you find him and return him to similar habitat to live on.
I had no idea what mudlarking was. Not my thing.....I thought. But oh my gosh, now I'm obsessed I absolutely love your channel. I have developed an interest in historical artifacts. Thank you for showing us these things and especially the stories.
I'm from Stoke on trent..home of the lotteries,
Wedgwood, Doulton, woods etc. And it's amazing when you find something from here. Keep doing what your doing..I love it!!!!
Sorry..Potteries!!
I love all the things you found but my favourite is the ink bottle, I have fallen in love! Great finds as usual 😊
You saved Charlie! If he had gotten too big, he would be stuck. Thank you!🦀❤🦀
Fantastic finds! Especially love the blue ink bottle. Fish tank gravel helps to clean the inside of bottles. I also saw someone suggest rice, which is probably the more enviromentally friendly option.
Crushed ice and salt. It is so irritating that you have to watch your skin. Does amazing work on glass without scratching.
The bird on the button is a phoenix rising from the fire.
I thought it looked more like a Cormorant. Just sayin'.
A lot of those bricks were Scottish. My uncle used to work in the brick works in Glenboig, my grt grandparents lived in Bonniebridge, they were both from Ireland born in 1870s so it's nice to see something from those areas so far from home, as I am. I love that wee torpedo bottle, such a nice shape. The ink bottle is very pretty. The pipe on first sight, looked like a snake to me! probably totally wrong!!!
It always makes me sad when I watch these mudlarkers & they leave whole bricks w/ writing on them behind!☹ I get that they probably get heavy & hard to lug out, but when it is still whole it would be totally worth it to me. Imagine the garden path, patio, or flower bed edging they would create?!?! It would be so magical to me have all those little bits of history literally at my feet!!!
Nicola, I am so happy for you!!! Wow!!! So enjoy your cruise and please document your journey...even if it's just for yourself, what a special occasion. To go on a family cruise, and hear your son playing is a real treat, but to be chosen to sing also, double wow!! Enjoy your holiday and please let us know how it all went, I will be thinking of you in the coming weeks. Susan xxx
Another fantastic video from you. Love that you include nature in your videos, but Charlie was a real surprise. Your edits are great, too. I hate when blogs switch to music and it blows your eardrums because of volume changes. Thanks.
Oh wow what great news!! Karaoke is such fun but on the big stage?!? Wow!! Congratulations to you and to Angelo!!
Fantastic sensibities for the artistic value and historical sigificance, or mere quirkiness, of things!
Yes, you put it so well! thanks!
OMG, Nicola, what a fantastic video!! I loved all of your amazing finds & I'm so happy that you re-homed Charlie! Thank you also, for protecting our hearing from the wind! Last, but not least, congratulations on winning a gig with Bon Jovi's band! You are such a remarkable woman!! Have a wonderful cruise & all the best to you & Collateral!!
Hi! I am so glad you have a big heart and saved Charlie! you are a sweet Crab HERO❣
you really should put your own message in a bottle with those 2 and set them on their way
I agree. Put it back in the water and let go along its way. Hopefully someone else can enjoy the thrill of finding the message.
Nicola please keep copies, and add another letter and send it again!
I agree. Don't steal Mikey story. Make copies, contact Mikey and put your own message in his bottle. Imagine how he will feel getting notifications throughout his life.
I agree! Keep the bottle going, add to it and see how far it goes :)
I shall be opposite to everybody else and say don't throw it back in the river (or the sea) - it's plastic and will only add to the overburden of plastic already killing wildlife in the sea.
Your videos are such a treat! Thanks for saving Charlie!🦀💝
Hi Nicola, I just returned to the states from a Mudlarking adventure in London. You’ve inspired me to start a new hobby of Mudlarking. Can’t wait to return. I had a permit and reported my finds to the Museum of London.
I love all the little people (or pieces of little people) you find! “oh look, a little hand!” Hahaha so cute!
Thank you Nicola for sharing all your cool find, Im in Canada (Vancouver) nothing to old here. I think my favorite find was that blue ink well.
I enjoyed your video Nicola. Roman relics are a great interest of mine. All things Roman actually. I have several Roman rings and a roman bracelet from North Africa. One coin from the reign of Vespasian. Best wishes from Ohio, USA.
Dear Nicola,
Your craft at mudlarking transported me into a world of art and history. Thank you for your tremendousl videos.
Poppet
It’s amazing that these finds have survived all this time!
Rock on.
I'm envious of your stash on the Thames. Im in the states and I am collecting glass for some mosaic ideas and glass work. I am an illustrator by trade but prepping to work in stone, glass, and wood, hopefully metal too. I would be down there hours on end collecting bricks, shoes, parts, glass, ceramic to work with into art. Speaking of glass and stone, you should try getting a tumbler and polishing up a few of the marbles, I think you can pick up a children's version that works well for little money. I love them as is too, but it would be fun to see them crystal clear again. Thanks for your very well done video, i subscribed
Always fun adventures you take me on. Thanks, great finds. From Utah, USA.
what a bonus - 2 videos in 2 days! Thank you for taking us with you into a wonderful journey each time. And - be our Superstar at the cruse! We are all your sincere supporters. Your fun club. Nicola, you are the Winner!
Nicola,
This video is my introduction to Mudlarking.
Here in the Pacific Northwest any activities such as yours, along our rivers or estuaries,wouldn't produce anything as fascinating as the Thames.
What marvelous finds, any one with a sense of the past and and active imagination , myself included I hope,can't help but marvel at this wonderful detritus.
Thank you for the follow up ,it adds dimension to your discoveries, especially the Roman pottery and that strange snake pipe.
Looking forward to enjoying your series and good luck in your new career as a rock star:)
Cheers,
Frederick "Rik" Spector
Can't wait to see and hear what happens with EVERYTHING next weekend! Good luck to one and all ; )
Always a breath of fresh salty air from your mudlarks , very relaxing, thank you so much
Wow I love that I get to learn history through your videos and get to dream I was atleast 40 years younger and able to mudlark my self. Thanks for sharing.
You must have been carrying a huge bag of bottles and pottery out with you Nicola. Congratulations on the singing gig.
If you take some baking soda and a soft damp cloth you often can re-polish glass back to a shine. One other product is bar keepers secret.
Salt and vinegar is another decent combination that I've used with excellent results on my glass cutting boards and copper-bottom pans -- and without damaging my skin. I looked at the ingredients of Barkeeper's Friend; because it contains fedspar, which is abrasive, it shouldn't be used on glass or any surface that's meant to be shiny.
Wow, nice finds again. Love it
Hello from Washington State Charlie for President!🇺🇸!!!’ I was reading a comment by a gentleman
Steve H. His words describing all that you do from beginning to the end of your videos were spot on!! He took the thoughts right out of my mind and typed them to you !!😊 I LOVE watching you walk on the shore and finding wonderful
things... and teaching us on what you’ve found. I LOVE THAT !!!!! Thank you soooo much for helping me!! And getting me out of depression modes!! I’m really mean that!! What I wouldn’t give to be a little Charlie 🦀and fallow you around lol !!
Congratulations to your son and the band!!! Last..... good luck to you on stage!!!! I’m hoping the video is ok with you so we can watch!!!
Bye for now 🥰
Kathy ❤️
Love all of your treasures especially the bottles & the pipe !!! That's awesome about your son & you also !!! Congratulations 👏🎉 !!! ❤️🙂
Wow, Richards videos are super, I can't wait to see you together.
You're too awesome! This is so funny! I will stay tuned!
As enjoyable as always Nicola - thank you for sharing.
Congratulations Nicola! Hopefully your debut on stage will be a smashing success! As always, you've posted another awesome video.
Just came across your channel and wow what amazing finds you found,I will enjoy your past videos as I sit here now❤️
Keep up the great work and thank you keeping our history alive💖💖
Lovely finds Nicola...you must be so excited for the cruise and so proud of Angelo..maybe a bit nervous about your debut as a cruise ship entertainer? lol Show them the rock star that you are!!
That seal was adorable! Great finds Nicola!
Your videos brighten my day. Thank you.