I just love all the characters that make up the Thames Mudlarks! You all bring something unique and special for the viewer experience! Also, your friendships and respect for each other is just lovely!
Oh my stars🤩, what an absolute treasure Professor Hemery is👍👏!!! I could sit and listen to him lecture for HOURS on ceramics and pottery finds from the Thames foreshore. Never boring, always so historically informative and fascinating 😯😮🤔. And the William the 3rd coin, Nicola...what a amazing stroke of good fortune 🙌☺️. Just awesome 👏👏!!! Definitely marking my calendar in September for your talk 👍. That whole event sounds like a marvelous "trip back in time"😁. ✌️🕉️ to you, sister-friend.
😲 Richard is a treasure, in himself! What an enormous fountain of knowledge, so lucky to have him on a mudlark..👍 One would never dare pass a piece of pot, ever again! 😉 Thanks so much, Nic - love from Denmark 🌸 💕
At last we have a genuine expert who simply speaks from knowledge and experience instead of the scripted presenters. Thank you Richard, it was a pleasure to hear you speak.
The clay pipe stem marked with a “W” and “R”, was probably made by my gt-gt-gt-gt-gt grandfather, William Russell (c.1744 - April 1819). He made clay tobacco pipes at Wapping. He is recorded at Brewhouse Yard in 1771, Cow Yard in 1775, and “At the corner of Red Lion Street, Green Bank” in 1780. From 1780 to his death in 1819 most records simply refer to “Green Bank Wapping”, although there are references to him occupying premises in Gun Alley (1798-1910) and Grocer’s Yard (1808-1819). William was a Mason in The Castle Lodge at Mansell Street. At least three generations of this Russell family made clay tobacco pipes in this area.
Thank you so much for this video. It answered the question that I have wondered about for many years. Back in the 1970s when we lived in Bonn, Germany my mother went to the cologne cathedral. They were doing some work on the cathedral, and I guess underneath it, and one of the workmen just handed a piece of gray pottery to my mother. I guess at the time they weren't doing a lot of archaeology. And so I've had this gray clay piece of pottery rim that I've carried around for decades. Based on your video I am willing to bet it is Roman, and doing a little research it turns out there was a large Roman Villa right in that area and now there's a German museum featuring Roman antiquities near the Cathedral! The piece looks very much like the grey piece Richard held up in your video. Very cool!
David, you smoking that pipe made my heart leap for joy. How wonderful! You smoked History. I love it, love it. I hope your name is David. Whoever smoked that pipe, I am in awe.
David smoke a real one. From the past. Not a replica. She has lots and you would be making history. Just try one. It won't hurt you. I can't wait till you do it. I would.
Thank you Nicola for hosting this interesting pottery expert. My goodness, can you imagine picking up a tiny piece of pottery and telling an entire story. Watching it twice! Fascinating.
I live in the USA. I just subscribed to your channel. I do a lot of fossil hunting, combing the beaches. Relic hunting, with my metal detector. Never heard of mud larking, until I watched you on RUclips. The variety of relics, you guys find along the river shore, is total amazing.
I’ve given up TV, who needs it when I can watch wonderful, interesting videos like yours. You’re at the top of my list of finders, mudlarks on RUclips. Thank you.
I just love how you take the little fluffy orphans home with you ! ..it shows you have such a huge heart ❤... wowww another fantastic piece of sand art and I loved the Canada geese ... your channel really does get me threw such anxiety ridden nights.. i find it so relaxing 😊..thank you...also its teaching us all so much history which is a good thing ! .. 😊😊😊❤
Such an informative video, and expert Richard added great aplomb ! He mentioned about the development of pewter plates, and your viewers might like to know that Oliver Cromwell's plates were exchanged on his way to the Battle of Worcester. They are now on display at The Fleece pub, Bretforton, Worcestershire. The pub was owned by a member of my family, but is now owned and managed by the National Trust. Best of luck for your talk, I cant come this year, but know you will do a fabulous presentation. 🌍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🌍
Sure, looks more like a large claw. Richard is always so interesting, I enjoy the fact that he turns pottery shards into history. I really enjoyed your wanderings today, I woke up in a poor frame of mind this morning, but you two have helped lift the gloom. Great video as usual Nicola!
Excited for the talk! Great to hear there will also be pipes galore ☺️Feel fortunate to have managed to get tickets, I’m sure it will be a sell out! xx
Such an amazing wealth of information from Sir Professor Richard Hemery! And he just knew everything off the top of his head! Wow! Great mud lark and the church bells were a pleasure to hear. From Texas (still staying at home for COVID reasons) I would like to thank you for the day out. It was lovely. 🦋
Oh my goodness! The wild woman of Borneo dragged backwards through a hedge! What a visual! Lol! Thanks for the chuckle as well as the wonderful outing!
It's so amazing and unbelievable for someone from Canada, moi, to hear such dates in time finds and the word medieval. You are so lucky! Your friend is a well of information, so great! Thanks Nicola for bringing us along! How cool to see a pipe being used in the manner it would have been. Cute bunny! Stay safe and healthy! Cool art!!!
Always a pleasure to see you meet up with Richard, the Prof of Pottery, indeed. We learn so much from him and it never gets old. Loved your finds as well. David was certainly a good sport to light up for us. Looks like he was enjoying it, too. Best wishes for success with your presentation at Totally Thames.
Love seeing all your finds Nicola, what a treat to see Richard Hendry on as well. I am in awe of his knowledge, so jealous you get to find such wonderful old pieces. I get excited to find pottery from the 20's and 30's out here. Also admired David's pipe demo, you could see him smoking his pipe, looking out upon the Vista thinking "When does the roast peacock get here?".
Oh WOW! Richard Hemery, to spend a day with him, what a dream! So intelligent and such a wealth of wonderful information. What a treasure indeed! Love his voice too! Could listen to him all day! A true blessing to our world!
This was a thoroughly entertaining. Thanks so much Nicola. I remember when you introduced Richard to us and I never dreamt that I’d find the pottery so fascinating but Mr Hemery has made us aware of your history through the vessels used by human beings who lived in London. Exciting You found some great finds yourself. Hope the dinner is a smashing success. It’s a great idea.
Thank you for an enjoyable & informative episode. Good to see our Professor back out on the foreshore! It looked like lovely weather.. and a nice day for a lark. 🦢🌤
Richard Hemery is very educated on stoneware pieces! The most insignificant of finds had the most interesting history. Thanks you for hosting the fascinating Richard Hemery!
American here... I really enjoyed this episode especially hearing about Roman medieval pottery. I also enjoyed seeing how the Romans used the tiles on the roof. Nicola I really enjoy listening to you you are a very intelligent woman and I wish I could go to your lecture😍🙋🏼🇺🇸
Wow, that man in very very knowledgeable with the pottery, I would of just said. Oh that looks nice. Then he comes up with, what it was what it was used for, who would of used it what date it came from.. amazing...
I’ve just started watching and the idea of being there on the foreshore, and having Richard there to share his knowledge, and his excitement about the fragments and ceramic objects around you would be FLIPPING AMAZING. Richard would be wonderful for private mud larking tours. I’d love to do that, absolutely love it. Also finding out from Richard if an item is everywhere or a special find...omg I’m so excited for you Nicola ❤ 🙂🐿❤️🌈
My elderly family members were farmers in Tennessee and the crop they grew and dried was tobacco. I helped a bit with the hanging of the leaves in one of the barns. It was yucky work. The leaves like nettles have prickly bits and you wore long sleeves and pants in the hot summer. I was thankful never to have to do it again. It also prevented me from ever smoking. I wish you success with your talk.
Thank you for a very interesting video on all the pottery all you mudlarkers find there. Richard is amazing! And David looked right at home smoking that clay pipe, I think.
Fun. Informative. Once again a great outing to the shoreline of the Thames where Nicola shows us history that gets exposed daily. One of my favourite weekend shows. Thanks a bunch.
I do enjoy your videos when Richard is with you he really does compliment the content you make very well his knowledge and clear almost tutorial approach on your larks, I do watch his channel too thanks to your mention a while ago. Most William III coins are 1696-1697 and are commonly found made into love tokens too. Well done peeps 😉👍👍😉🍻
Nicola, your work is such an incredible body of cultural history. I am totally addicted to all of your content, as is Hux. I started a Cultural History MA at Goldsmiths years ago and never finished the dissertation - this makes me want to enrol again and get it finished!
It always amazes me that no matter what the subject someone is knowledgeable about it. Richard Hemery was amazing to listen binging to life so much to such a small piece of broken pottery. I wanted to listen more and will do on his You Tube site. Having never seen anything about Mudlarking before I came across your postings, this has me hooked and to me this is the best one yet. Thank you for sharing your fascinating hobby with us.
Thank you for the scenes of London. It's one of my favorite all-time cities! I was stationed in East Anglia with the US Air Force in the early 80's. I wish I knew about mudlarking back then. A mudlarking holiday to London would have been brilliant!
I do feel as if I've been to a lecture and indeed, that is what happened. Thank you so much, Nicola, for the introduction to Richard Hemery. His swift identification of every found shard was something to behold. Then, towards the end, that lesson, with samples of what pottery was used throughout Thames history was very interesting. I've located him on RUclips and will check him out. This has put a bee in my bonnet regarding the pottery of our US Southwest indigenous peoples. I've read bits about their pottery, which goes back to at least Romna times. The boar's tooth, pipe stems, all interesting and of course, the fluffy bunny for your toy collection. You are going to eventually need more room to hold your growing collections.
James’ favourite thing was when you put the clay pipe in your sand sculptures mouth, he found it very funny. Before that the boar tooth was his favourite (he’s getting quite a collection of various animal teeth now 😝🤣🤷♀️) Thank you for sharing another great adventure with us xx
I always love your posts Nicola, but I particularly loved today's. I think it was because it was a combination of history of ceramics with Richard, your new Thames orphanage Bunny (was the ear missing or was it made like that) or hearing about your upcoming event. Thanks for making my lock down in Melbourne more bearable. Keep up the good work! Thanks again.
After watching Si and buddies pulling out a big round concrete ball out of the water, which was really exciting. It's nice to see some history of the things you can find on the foreshore of the Thames. Great history on the pottery.
Richard is like a walking museum, his knowledge brings all the pottery sherds to life, an extra level of interest I could listen to him all day. I think I will invest in his book.
I so want to play in the mud! Love your video's Nicola. Don't know what it is about church bells but they sounded nice in the background. I think it from growing up and hearing them every Sunday. They evoke a day for relaxing and spending time with family after mass. Your friend was easy to listen. What great history he has to share. Enjoyed it. I think my favorite item you find is the clay pipes. Your pottery art is fun. Liked the fish.
you make everything so interesting. I love learning. how fascinating to hold finds that care centuries old! Richard is fascinating to. Thank you. absolutely love watching your videos. x
The insert photos are incredibly helpful in understanding the uses of of pottery when only small shards remain. That coin was quite the find!
A tiny piece of pottery and we get an entire story including dates AND a picture of an example in tact. History at our fingertips. A fantastic lesson.
I just love all the characters that make up the Thames Mudlarks! You all bring something unique and special for the viewer experience! Also, your friendships and respect for each other is just lovely!
Thanks Theresa
Completely agree, I love all the Mudlarks of you tube ❤❤❤
He's so amazing. I learned so much from him. Thank you Nicola for the great video .
So nice to have an expert with a mind like a reference library.
imo don't think anyone else knows as much he's an impressive historian .
He's amazing!
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Love to follow Richard around...learned so much!
Oh my stars🤩, what an absolute treasure Professor Hemery is👍👏!!! I could sit and listen to him lecture for HOURS on ceramics and pottery finds from the Thames foreshore. Never boring, always so historically informative and fascinating 😯😮🤔. And the William the 3rd coin, Nicola...what a amazing stroke of good fortune 🙌☺️. Just awesome 👏👏!!!
Definitely marking my calendar in September for your talk 👍. That whole event sounds like a marvelous "trip back in time"😁.
✌️🕉️ to you, sister-friend.
Thank you Juliet! x
Oh I love listening to Richard Hemery - he is sooooo knowledgable. A great video. Thank you Nicola.
😲 Richard is a treasure, in himself!
What an enormous fountain of knowledge, so lucky to have him on a mudlark..👍
One would never dare pass a piece of pot, ever again! 😉
Thanks so much, Nic - love from Denmark 🌸 💕
At last we have a genuine expert who simply speaks from knowledge and experience instead of the scripted presenters. Thank you Richard, it was a pleasure to hear you speak.
I've had a very stressful day dealing w/ my Mother's mental health issues, so I really needed this moment of tranquillity! Thanks Nicola!!!
I hope you have a less stressful day today. Love to you and your mother
The clay pipe stem marked with a “W” and “R”, was probably made by my gt-gt-gt-gt-gt grandfather, William Russell (c.1744 - April 1819). He made clay tobacco pipes at Wapping. He is recorded at Brewhouse Yard in 1771, Cow Yard in 1775, and “At the corner of Red Lion Street, Green Bank” in 1780. From 1780 to his death in 1819 most records simply refer to “Green Bank Wapping”, although there are references to him occupying premises in Gun Alley (1798-1910) and Grocer’s Yard (1808-1819). William was a Mason in The Castle Lodge at Mansell Street.
At least three generations of this Russell family made clay tobacco pipes in this area.
Hi there. I have replied to your email but haven't heard from you. If you didn't get it, then check your spam. Nicola
What a great bit of history! Thanks for sharing!
Wow!
Thank you so much for this video. It answered the question that I have wondered about for many years. Back in the 1970s when we lived in Bonn, Germany my mother went to the cologne cathedral. They were doing some work on the cathedral, and I guess underneath it, and one of the workmen just handed a piece of gray pottery to my mother. I guess at the time they weren't doing a lot of archaeology. And so I've had this gray clay piece of pottery rim that I've carried around for decades. Based on your video I am willing to bet it is Roman, and doing a little research it turns out there was a large Roman Villa right in that area and now there's a German museum featuring Roman antiquities near the Cathedral! The piece looks very much like the grey piece Richard held up in your video. Very cool!
Excellent! so glad that helped
Richard’s Sainsbury’s carrier bag: ‘The working man’s briefcase’
You & Richard are my favorites. Good luck in the future!
OMG Richard is amazing. How he knew that was a hunting jug from that tiny piece!
That Richard guy is a walking encyclopedia.
But he looks nicer than a set of dusty books!
It is really pretty amazing that something made of clay can survive being tossed around in the river for so many years.
David, you smoking that pipe made my heart leap for joy. How wonderful! You smoked History. I love it, love it. I hope your name is David. Whoever smoked that pipe, I am in awe.
David smoke a real one. From the past. Not a replica. She has lots and you would be making history. Just try one. It won't hurt you. I can't wait till you do it. I would.
Thank you Nicola for hosting this interesting pottery expert. My goodness, can you imagine picking up a tiny piece of pottery and telling an entire story. Watching it twice! Fascinating.
What a good video nicola l love listening to Richard he is so knowledgeable with pottery and other artifacts. Len
I love hearing Richard talk, with such knowledge, about the various types of clay vessels
I live in the USA. I just subscribed to your channel. I do a lot of fossil hunting, combing the beaches. Relic hunting, with my metal detector. Never heard of mud larking, until I watched you on RUclips. The variety of relics, you guys find along the river shore, is total amazing.
You and Si make my Sundays awesome!
Im very happy about that!
Awesome adventure and great haul thank you for the opportunity to come along with your mudluck!
I’ve given up TV, who needs it when I can watch wonderful, interesting videos like yours. You’re at the top of my list of finders, mudlarks on RUclips. Thank you.
Thank you Margaret!😘
I just love how you take the little fluffy orphans home with you ! ..it shows you have such a huge heart ❤... wowww another fantastic piece of sand art and I loved the Canada geese ... your channel really does get me threw such anxiety ridden nights.. i find it so relaxing 😊..thank you...also its teaching us all so much history which is a good thing ! .. 😊😊😊❤
Thanks Samantha. Love from London x
Such an informative video, and expert Richard added great aplomb ! He mentioned about the development of pewter plates, and your viewers might like to know that Oliver Cromwell's plates were exchanged on his way to the Battle of Worcester. They are now on display at The Fleece pub, Bretforton, Worcestershire. The pub was owned by a member of my family, but is now owned and managed by the National Trust. Best of luck for your talk, I cant come this year, but know you will do a fabulous presentation. 🌍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🌍
Sure, looks more like a large claw.
Richard is always so interesting, I enjoy the fact that he turns pottery shards into history.
I really enjoyed your wanderings today, I woke up in a poor frame of mind this morning, but you two have helped lift the gloom. Great video as usual Nicola!
Lovely day with Richard the good luck charm.
Thanks Kerry! Glad you're feeling a bit rejuvvenated. sendng you love from London x
Thank you Nicola. Really enjoyed the hunt, and it was nice seeing Richard, and enjoyed his knowledge on pottery. Kelly/Indiana
“One more bit of pottery!” So enjoy meeting your mudlarking friends-what a wonderful community :)
Hi, What an interesting video, Amazing knowledge Richard has so interesting listening to him, looking forward to your next video, Take care.xx
I enjoy the lovely relaxing music, you use, Nicola. You do a great job of editing, too. Thanks, so much, for your well crafted and interesting videos!
Thank you Paul!
Excited for the talk! Great to hear there will also be pipes galore ☺️Feel fortunate to have managed to get tickets, I’m sure it will be a sell out! xx
Oh excellent Rachel. Looking forward to meeting you!
nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art You too! 😀
Such an amazing wealth of information from Sir Professor Richard Hemery! And he just knew everything off the top of his head! Wow!
Great mud lark and the church bells were a pleasure to hear. From Texas (still staying at home for COVID reasons) I would like to thank you for the day out. It was lovely. 🦋
Oh my goodness! The wild woman of Borneo dragged backwards through a hedge! What a visual! Lol! Thanks for the chuckle as well as the wonderful outing!
Richard is so very knowledgeable! It just blows my mind how much he knows! Thanks Nicola for another amazing episode!
It's so amazing and unbelievable for someone from Canada, moi, to hear such dates in time finds and the word medieval. You are so lucky! Your friend is a well of information, so great! Thanks Nicola for bringing us along! How cool to see a pipe being used in the manner it would have been. Cute bunny! Stay safe and healthy! Cool art!!!
Hey Nicola, loved all the pottery information. Wish I could be there for your talk and to see those amazing clay pipes!!
Always a pleasure to see you meet up with Richard, the Prof of Pottery, indeed. We learn so much from him and it never gets old. Loved your finds as well. David was certainly a good sport to light up for us. Looks like he was enjoying it, too. Best wishes for success with your presentation at Totally Thames.
Thank you! X
Love seeing all your finds Nicola, what a treat to see Richard Hendry on as well. I am in awe of his knowledge, so jealous you get to find such wonderful old pieces. I get excited to find pottery from the 20's and 30's out here.
Also admired David's pipe demo, you could see him smoking his pipe, looking out upon the Vista thinking "When does the roast peacock get here?".
Oh WOW! Richard Hemery, to spend a day with him, what a dream! So intelligent and such a wealth of wonderful information. What a treasure indeed! Love his voice too! Could listen to him all day! A true blessing to our world!
This was a thoroughly entertaining. Thanks so much Nicola. I remember when you introduced Richard to us and I never dreamt that I’d find the pottery so fascinating but Mr Hemery has made us aware of your history through the vessels used by human beings who lived in London. Exciting
You found some great finds yourself.
Hope the dinner is a smashing success. It’s a great idea.
Thank you Linda!
Nicola, your collaborations with your fellow mudlarkers are so enjoyable and informative. Thanks again.
Thank you Lawrence!
Well done, Nicola! Richard! Smart, interesting, and handsome guest star! Missed you, glad to see you.
You're a joy to watch! Thanks for the history. Everytime I watch, I am transported.
Thank you. I'm so pleased you enjoy the mudlarking expeditions! x
Fun to see what you have found an the care, like the rabbit. A wonderful show
Richard is so cool and knowledgeable, looking forward to his channel. Thank you for another great video.
Thats amazing to have such an area of treasures🌺 Much obliged for taking time to gifting us these videos and culture. 💜Have a lovely day dearest!!!
Thank you for an enjoyable & informative episode. Good to see our Professor back out on the foreshore! It looked like lovely weather.. and a nice day for a lark. 🦢🌤
Amazing, I would never have thought that pottery could be such a window into the past. Great video!
Thank you very much Richard and Nicola!!
What a glorious morning, thank you for bringing it to us all. Richard's knowledge of pottery is amazing too.
Richard Hemery is very educated on stoneware pieces! The most insignificant of finds had the most interesting history. Thanks you for hosting the fascinating Richard Hemery!
Its amazing that he can look at a shattered fragment and instantly know what kind of piece and time it would have come from. Very impressive.
American here... I really enjoyed this episode especially hearing about Roman medieval pottery. I also enjoyed seeing how the Romans used the tiles on the roof. Nicola I really enjoy listening to you you are a very intelligent woman and I wish I could go to your lecture😍🙋🏼🇺🇸
Thanks Lorraine!
Wow, that man in very very knowledgeable with the pottery, I would of just said. Oh that looks nice. Then he comes up with, what it was what it was used for, who would of used it what date it came from.. amazing...
Nicely done Nicola those Clay Pottery alot of History for Sure Thank's!!!; )
I enjoyed Richard’s input! Great video! Love your channel! 💕I long for positive viewing entertainment especially in these chaotic times in the US.
Richard really brings the sherds to life with the stories of people using them. Love the pipes!! Need to see if I can get to the talk! Sounds amazing
Thanks Alex x
Richard is unbelievable in his ability to identify pottery. Was a pleasure to watch.
O wow, that was really awesome. The pottery is often overlooked, not anymore.
I’ve just started watching and the idea of being there on the foreshore, and having Richard there to share his knowledge, and his excitement about the fragments and ceramic objects around you would be FLIPPING AMAZING. Richard would be wonderful for private mud larking tours.
I’d love to do that, absolutely love it.
Also finding out from Richard if an item is everywhere or a special find...omg I’m so excited for you Nicola ❤
🙂🐿❤️🌈
My elderly family members were farmers in Tennessee and the crop they grew and dried was tobacco. I helped a bit with the hanging of the leaves in one of the barns. It was yucky work. The leaves like nettles have prickly bits and you wore long sleeves and pants in the hot summer. I was thankful never to have to do it again. It also prevented me from ever smoking. I wish you success with your talk.
Thank you!
Lovely video,
It's really amazing how many pottery pieces can be found on the Thames foreshore...😎👍👍
Thank you for a very interesting video on all the pottery all you mudlarkers find there. Richard is amazing! And David looked right at home smoking that clay pipe, I think.
Hello Nic, hello Richard. Thank you both for all the interesting historical facts and knowledge Lovely finds. Best regards from South Africa 🇿🇦
the new orphan is rather fluffy! i like it. thank you for the guest to educate us on pottery.
This guy is awesome! Such a kind person full of knowledge...
What a wonderful educational hunt on pottery. Thanks
Thank you Nicola! Wow such a wonderful knowledgeable man! Wonderful show!
Wow so much historical finds and such an awesome knowledgable expert!! I love stoneware pottery!!!
Fun. Informative. Once again a great outing to the shoreline of the Thames where Nicola shows us history that gets exposed daily. One of my favourite weekend shows. Thanks a bunch.
I love knowing the history of items and old things thank you for the history lesson!!
Thank you so much. The info on the pottery is fabulous, so appreciate Richards input. Can’t wait for his book in print.
Hello Richard, it's very nice to meet you and soak up your knowledge : )
I do enjoy your videos when Richard is with you he really does compliment the content you make very well his knowledge and clear almost tutorial approach on your larks, I do watch his channel too thanks to your mention a while ago. Most William III coins are 1696-1697 and are commonly found made into love tokens too. Well done peeps 😉👍👍😉🍻
Thank you
Richard makes the history of cookware fascinating.
Thank you Nicola and hello to Mr. Hemery. Your enthusiasm for pottery knowledge is most impressive. Thank you as well.
Nicola, your work is such an incredible body of cultural history. I am totally addicted to all of your content, as is Hux. I started a Cultural History MA at Goldsmiths years ago and never finished the dissertation - this makes me want to enrol again and get it finished!
Thank you for all the wonderful info on the pottery. I always enjoy Your mudlarking adventures.
It always amazes me that no matter what the subject someone is knowledgeable about it. Richard Hemery was amazing to listen binging to life so much to such a small piece of broken pottery. I wanted to listen more and will do on his You Tube site. Having never seen anything about Mudlarking before I came across your postings, this has me hooked and to me this is the best one yet. Thank you for sharing your fascinating hobby with us.
Thank you for the scenes of London. It's one of my favorite all-time cities! I was stationed in East Anglia with the US Air Force in the early 80's. I wish I knew about mudlarking back then. A mudlarking holiday to London would have been brilliant!
I do feel as if I've been to a lecture and indeed, that is what happened. Thank you so much, Nicola, for the introduction to Richard Hemery. His swift identification of every found shard was something to behold. Then, towards the end, that lesson, with samples of what pottery was used throughout Thames history was very interesting. I've located him on RUclips and will check him out.
This has put a bee in my bonnet regarding the pottery of our US Southwest indigenous peoples. I've read bits about their pottery, which goes back to at least Romna times.
The boar's tooth, pipe stems, all interesting and of course, the fluffy bunny for your toy collection. You are going to eventually need more room to hold your growing collections.
amazing lesson about Pottery, so interesting, please, repeat it soon!
Thank you. Will do
James’ favourite thing was when you put the clay pipe in your sand sculptures mouth, he found it very funny. Before that the boar tooth was his favourite (he’s getting quite a collection of various animal teeth now 😝🤣🤷♀️)
Thank you for sharing another great adventure with us xx
Thank you James and Emma! Xx
That guy is a pottery genius!
Oh, what I would do for one day on the Thames! Enjoy exploring and keep on filming!
I always love your posts Nicola, but I particularly loved today's. I think it was because it was a combination of history of ceramics with Richard, your new Thames orphanage Bunny (was the ear missing or was it made like that) or hearing about your upcoming event. Thanks for making my lock down in Melbourne more bearable. Keep up the good work! Thanks again.
Thank you Anne-Maree! X
I enjoy the shore I'm glad your guest had a lot of great information I enjoyed it I'll see you on your next stay blessed
After watching Si and buddies pulling out a big round concrete ball out of the water, which was really exciting. It's nice to see some history of the things you can find on the foreshore of the Thames. Great history on the pottery.
Same here! 🙋🏻♀️😅
excellent! thank you
Ditto. X
Si and friends are the Asterix and Obelix of mud larking.
You're videos are my reason to look forward to Sundays now. : - )
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Richard is like a walking museum, his knowledge brings all the pottery sherds to life, an extra level of interest I could listen to him all day. I think I will invest in his book.
Absolutely love this channel 🙌, and I’ve got to say that- Nicola you are absolutely stunning 😊
I so want to play in the mud! Love your video's Nicola. Don't know what it is about church bells but they sounded nice in the background. I think it from growing up and hearing them every Sunday. They evoke a day for relaxing and spending time with family after mass. Your friend was easy to listen. What great history he has to share. Enjoyed it. I think my favorite item you find is the clay pipes. Your pottery art is fun. Liked the fish.
Thank you Debra! x
Thank you for this video. I like your style of presenting Mudlarking and Richard is so knowledgeable!
Thank you
you make everything so interesting. I love learning. how fascinating to hold finds that care centuries old! Richard is fascinating to. Thank you. absolutely love watching your videos. x
Thank you Maria!
I love today's music. Like a sunny coffee shop mix. Very appealing 🌞
How amazing it is to find such history, free and practically at your doorstep. I am flabbergasted.
:)
lovely, just lovely. thank you
Amazing knowledge of pottery!! Thank you for sharing. So interesting. Always like to see the coins, too.
Richard is a amazing fountain of knowledge how can someone know so much 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Julie Grayson reading and when your passionate about a subject it’s easier to learn…but this guy has a photographic memory most likely. Very cool!!