Post-Medieval Cloth Seal! 500 Year Old Pottery! Mudlarking with Old Father Thames: 16.07.20

Hello Mudlarking Friends! I’m back on the River Thames after four long months, so join me down on the foreshore … More

Ten Minute Treasures No. 3: Maria Theresa Cufflink

During this lockdown period I am sharing a new series with you all – Ten Minute Treasures with Old Father … More

During this lockdown period I am sharing a new series with you all – Ten Minute Treasures with Old Father … More

Time Out says…“Back in the Victorian era, scavengers known as ‘mudlarkers’ would traipse around the banks of the River Thames searching … More

There are many items in the ‘mudlarking starter kit’ (for example, pins, hand forged nails, garnets), most of which I’ve … More

Last year I started to collect mysterious little lead squares as they began to surface on foreshore trip after foreshore trip. … More

Dear Friends in Mud, apologies for not having written for the past few days, but I also do this, and … More

There are many items that my long-suffering, non-larking partner finds it hard to get his head around. Some I can … More

❄️Mudlark’s Advent, day 8❄️ Oh, hello, what’s this? A deliciously crumbly, fruity chocolate tiffin, topped with Bakewell icing? No. It’s … More

❄️Mudlarks Advent, Day 6❄️ Incomplete Victorian clay pipe, bust of Queen Victoria on one side, crown on the other. No … More