Mudlarking 73 - dark and drizzly

Thursday, 18 December 2025 20:35
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It was dark and drizzly and low tide had already passed when I got to the foreshore, so I made a quick dash along, shining my torch, and just picked up a few bits before heading back, as I didn't fancy climbing over the gate.

There’s another bit of a J Bourne bottle that says 1860 on it, and there’s GL, which was probably G.L. Ashworth, and that has a 3 on it, so maybe that’s from the 1930s?

I am not sure what “kha” is from - probably not the mayor.

“Woo” could be Wood & Son.

Mudlarking finds - 73

(You need a permit to mudlark or search on the Thames foreshore.)

Mudlarking 72 - An abandoned island

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 18:55
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This felt like a proper adventure! I walked across a bridge to Albert Island, near to City Airport. It's mostly abandoned at the moment, but there was recent news that Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets will move there.

I peered into a building with broken windows that contained rusty lock machinery.

Royal Albert Island

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(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)

Mudlarking 71

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 14:08
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I took my wellies for this lunchtime lark and walked further than I have before, underneath wooden structures, and didn't worry so much about the mud and sinking.

I found a raspberry prunt, Bellarmine jug handles, part of a Bellarmine neck, shiny bits of shells, a few pieces of Westerwald, a purple bead, and glass that says “am”.

Mudlarking finds - 71

Mudlarking 69 - Ginger beer

Friday, 5 December 2025 15:17
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I went to Chelsea, down the steps by the boats and walked between Battersea Bridge and Albert Bridge, on the north side of the river. From the bus, I could see rainbows on the river, caused by the reflection of windows.

I spoke to a person on the foreshore and asked them what they'd found and they had found a ring, although a modern one.

I found a chunk of a stoneware ginger beer bottle - Clayton’s. It would have said on it:
Clayton’s
Old English
Stone
Ginger Beer
London and Kingston-on-Thames

I found two buttons.

The bus stop was still there, as well as a Lime bike.

A crisp packet floated by.

I found two stickers, one of which was a festive bauble.

(You need a permit to search or mudlark on the Thames foreshore.)

Mudlarking finds - 69

Mudlarking finds - 69

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