Can you Believe this Miraculous Transformation? I couldnt! The River Thames Delivers Treasures again
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- One of the fabulous finds in today's video brings me so much joy. When I first found it, it was practically unrecognisable and THEN... well, a miracle happened. Join me to find out which find goes through a magical transformation.
Thank you to Monika Buttling-Smith for restoring the tiny shoe! I am so grateful. You can follow Monika on instagram @mudika.thames
Thank you for watching. If you would like to try mudlarking you need a permit from the Port of London Authority. Currently they are not issuing permits, but keep an eye on their website to see when that might change.
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See you soon.
Nicola White
www.tidelineart.com
Wow isn't Monica the most delightful, enthusiastic and smart larker ? Every video she features in her bright smile and warm eyes just draws you in and you cant help but wish to be in the same room to hear her tales. 😃🇨🇦
Soo true! Xx
Yes!!
Her name is Nicola.
@@captainsensiblejr.... thanks! I though I was going bonkers 😂
@@captainsensiblejr. I know who Nicola is .Watch the video and you will understand 😉
Went to London two weeks ago, I couldnt help to longily look at the foreshore, sadly knowing as a tourist I'm not allowed to mudlark. Luckily there are the heroes such as you to excavate these little treasures!
One of the highlights of my trip to London two years ago was mudlarking on the Thames. I'm so glad they were still issuing permits then. Maybe you'll still get the chance.
Permits are only for residents?
They have stopped issuing them as people are crowding there and they are worried the shady people are taking away historic items and selling them instead of getting them checked etc
@@aaronknightstep5372 Anyone who paid for a permit could get one. Right now they're not issuing them at all but they may again in the future.
@@zoemapp
That makes sense
Tha fact that Monika has a 'drawer of lost soles' makes me smile. Monika, you are a bright shining star 🌟
A++ for organization. 😲wow!
Monika's knowledge and skills never cease to amaze. Fascinating segment!
Her name is Nicola.
ya starting to look dumb, mate.@@captainsensiblejr.
@@captainsensiblejr.she was talking about the lady who restored the shoe - her name is Monika.
The little toddler leather shoe is absolutely stunning and bittersweet. Makes my heart ache for the little darling who wore it. She did such a wonderful job in restoring it. Thanks so much for another excellent video. Looking forward to the next.
Thank you Suzanne! xo
The shoe is adorable! Monica is a true artist with old leather!
A good day is when my two favorite mudlarkers upload a video. Thank you.
The shoe lady was amazing. I love when people talk passionately about their hobby.
The little shoe is so beautiful. Monica did a wonderful job.
Wondering if i should make a drinking game out of geese pooping😂 4:42
Your videos are a wonderfull mix of nature asmr, treasure hunting, and wonder. So enjoying it. Would love to be in your muddy boots for a day😊
Also. I can not believe how nicely that little shoe turned out. Unbelievable!
Monika is an absolute wonder with her work on the leather shoes.
I loved seeing Monika’s preservation of the shoes, especially the little baby shoe you found in the Thames mud. Such dedication and what an amazing talent.
From someone who, like that bone tube you displayed, "used to be something," Nicola, thank you for this extra long multi-part video! Monika is an absolute treasure, and she rightly featured in both your video and Simon's this week. What a great Valentine's gift from both you and Simon, uploading videos on Sunday once again. A real joy to watch.
Thank you Steve! Hugs, Nicola xx
Monika is my favourite of all your associates Nicola. I'm an old Great Grandmother, and l know people. Monika is an absolute delight. The humility and enthusiasm that you two share is fantastic. Keep having fun girls
Monika is brilliant! The baby shoe restoration she did is sensational. I also like her smiling voice!
What an informative video! Thank you Nicola!
Hello,, Nicola.. bonjour..!!🤗 Thank you for this little trip..'it's great to also film the waves and the gills of my dear London..👍 it was a poetry of the day. Bye.!🇫🇷🇪🇦
So nice to see all those poor lost soles finding a loving home. The little shoe is so adorable, I hope you can find its solemate some day.
The wooden tube might be a needle case. I have a similar one where both ends unscrew to store different sized sewing needles.
A bit big for normal needles,but maybe for sail mending needles?
I found a British "Penny Ink" pot all the way over here in Mississippi, USA! It came out of a bayou they call "Dutch" because it was settled by Danes and a few Norwegians and Swedes and in the Nineteenth century all Germanic peoplrs in America were called "Dutch". The Danes paddled down that bayou in small boats to work in the sawmills on the islands in the river or the shipyard owned by the D'Angelo family. A Union regiment from Wisconsin burned it all down in 1864 but it was rebuilt and one sawmill renamed the "Phoenix" afterwards. ❤😊
Fab find Dustin!
The restoration on that beautiful precious toddler's shoe was so well done and the whole segment with Monica was fascinating and so interesting. And I especially loved the Goose conversations. Beautiful creatures. I loved it all Nicola, thank you so much xx Teresa ❤🇦🇺
Thank you so much!
About the split bullets - if an aircraft crashes and catches fire, any ammunition on board 'cooks off' in the heat and the shell case of the bullet splits. If you're finding these all in one place, it could be the site of a WW2 plane crash.
Love Monicas mudlarking room, its awesome. Another woman of many interesting talents. Beautifully done. You can "bore" us with anything, we will lap up your knowledge and interesting finds. Not ever boring at all.
That's so kind thank you
Oh-my goodness, that baby shoe turned out fantastic! Well done Monica! Very lovely, indeed! ❤
Hi Nicola. That baby shoe is amazing and so complete. Stunning find
Thanks Andrew!
Monika is incredible. Such a beautiful tiny little shoe. Thank you Nicola for this wonderful video.
So glad you enjoyed it x
🥰🥰🥰🥰 Love all the " Ladies Who Lark " Thank you Nicola for sharing ! Stay safe and well, Hugs 🥰 xx
Nicola! You are such an Expert!
I am amazed how that little shoe has come back to life!
What a wonderful video!!! You & Monika truly brought history back to life!!❤
Such a lovely lady,Monica is so very enthusiastic, a pure joy to watch
Nicola, your presence on youtube is a blessing and a testament to your wonderful British persona. Greatwork all round young lady.
@nicolaasvanroosendael697 that's so very kind of you to say, thank you ❤️
Monica really is so talented and full of Knowledge.
The baby shoe was adorable! Great job Monica!
🌟 ✨Nicola✨ You are so very kind to take us out for a wonderful day on The River Thames ❤❤ The outing was spectacular! A ton of fun…. I enjoyed every minute of it, and certainly the history that you shared with us! ❤ your videos and the priceless, devoted personal time that you put into each video! ✨Nicola✨ You certainly are one very special gifted woman in this world today! Thanks for sharing your joys of life with us!! You are a shining STAR 🌟 on UA-cam!
Thankyou xx
Lots of great finds. The shoe is adorable! Wonderful work Monika!! Loved seeing her collection of other shoes too. You can tell she really enjoys restoring them. A cobbler in a past life for sure 🙂
It was absolutely fascinating seeing the process Monika went through to restore your little shoe. She is so passionate about preserving history and I loved listening to her. What a delight she is.
I love the strolls through history. Thank you 🥰
I so much enjoy being with you on the river!!
Monica is awsome. She worked that little shoe perfectly.
This was a fantastic video, Nicola. As always you found a few interesting pieces in the Thames mud but the wee shoe has to be the best find.
Monika did an excellent job of restoring the shoe to near its original condition and it is lovely. I remember tiny shoes like that with those buttons!
Thank you for sharing your adventures with me. ❤🇦🇺
Always look forward to your weekend video-this one is simply beautiful with the baby shoe restoration! Awesome 👏 ❤❤
Thank you Nicola that was so interesting visiting your friend and seeing her beautiful collection of Thames shoes. 💕🇦🇺
Wow, Monika's transformation was just the best!
Monika had me thinking I was watching "The Repair Shop", until she took us on a tour of her private museum. Quite interesting to see all the old shoes.
Monica is, and I mean this lovingly, what you would get if Nichole Rudolph ( a shoe wizard from the historic costuming end of YT) were a necromancer.
Who on God's earth could possibly be interested in old shoes! We'll I was! Thank you Monika this was a special treat for me.
I'm almost green thinking about finding these old treasures from many years gone by. We don't have anything like that where I live.
Anyway I'm rambling on. Thank you girls I've thoroughly enjoyed this episode. I look forward to each week actually. Keep well keep happy & keep on doing what you do so well Nicola. All the best from the land down under.
Haha thank you! ❤
Wow, Monica is a woman of many talents. Thank you for letting us go along to pick up your beautiful baby shoe..
What a darling little baby shoe! Monika did a beautiful job restoring it. I love the little pheasant piece. You should absolutely get Wendy to fix it up with some rhinestones or semi precious stones and pin and you should definitely wear it. It would be gorgeous! Lovely treasures for today's video. I love Sundays, where I get a video from you and one from Si! They are the best Sundays.
Oh, I came back to add something. You always include film of the ducks, geese and swans on the foreshore. I thought I would share. My mother and I have been watching a live stream of a nesting pair of bald eagles on UA-cam, FOBBV (Friends of Big Bear Valley), in San Bernardino, CA. They have three eggs. Mama Jackie and daddy Shadow. Then the other day we found/saw a bald eagle's nest with a nesting pair fairly close to our home. We are so excited to hopefully get to see chicks hatch with Jackie and Shadow and hopefully see some young in a couple months in the nest here. Hope your weekend was great.
Thank you so much letting us get to share Monica’s enthusiasm. I look forward to visits with you Sunday morning.
I’m watching you with Monica and chuckling. Your mudlarking room looks like my sewing room looks like Monica’s “shoeing” room. Open shelves, drawers, table and all. Thank you for sharing. You bring mudlarking and social history vividly to life, literally breathing life into finds. 😊😊😊
I had no idea so many shoes had been saved out of the Thames!! And how many different kinds! But that stands to reason how many different items of various kinds are found, and how far the history layers go. Just interesting beyond imagination. Monika is just wonderful and I would love to just sit and listen to her stories! As we listen to yours Nicola, which are always interesting. So much more history than they tell you in school. I think it would have made going to history class much more interesting! Take care Nicola! Happy Valentines Day!! ❤️❤️❤️🦋🦋💐💐
I've often wondered why mudlarks get so excited when you find old shoes. Well, now I know! Thanks to Monika for her work on restoring this precious little shoe, and for sharing her passion with us all. Cheers from NE Florida!
Many thanks Nicola. That's how far passion can carry you, I love it.. Thank you and your friend Monika for sharing these treasures from the past. For my part, I still wear wooden and leather clogs in my garden, they are very confortable!
Cheerio for now 🩰👠👡🥾
What a sweet little bird! You could build a whole fairy tale on that tiny bird. At one time, she was a flesh and blood bird and was brought frm China, and presented to the King. He presented the bird to his Queen, but she was proven to be disloyal. The little bird reveals her rebellion to the King, who puts the Queen in prison. The Queen takes out her sadness on the little gossip bird and condemns her to turn to brass (or whatever she's made of) and to reside in the mud of the river. Hundreds off eons pass, until she is found by a beautiful lady and refurbished...and worn as a beautiful ornament on her ballgown. ☺️😆☺️
This is my first watch of your channel, and I'm loving it! Almost wish you could get some DNA off of some of the things you find. And geese for companionship!
How wonderful! Thank you ❤
I could spend a week or more listening to Monica going through all her treasures, absolutely fascinating ❤
Hello from Prescott, AZ! I so look forward to your videos. Your channel is part of my average Sunday morning tradition, along with Si-Finds. Please thank Monika for sharing her amazing leather restorations.
Thank you! I will tell her x
Great video. Always like to see your mudlark adventures. The part of the video with the leather conservation is very interesting. Thank you for showing us Nicola and Monika. I would love to see more of Monika's leather collection. I would watch a whole hour or more.
This was such a pleasure -- from Foreshore to Studio to Monika's. Every step a delight. Thank you, Nicola, for sharing the adventure. Thank you, Monika, for sharing your knowledge and reconstruction expertise. Loved spending time with you both as we got a chance to see some of Monika's treasures...and all those soles! What a wonderful, soulful experience.
Monica is Wonderful. What a great friend. Great lark. Thank you, Nicola.
Monica is so very talented!!!!! I could watch/listen to her for hours!!!! Nicola thanks so much for taking us along!❤
Omgosh, the tiny shoe is so precious, what a lovely find and the little part at the end, i was welling up imagining a small child wearing it all those years ago. Well done Nicola and Monika
The baby shoe now looks new! I am so impressed. What a great find and careful preservation work
Thank you Nicola, and really well done Monika. Always a delight to see the "Ladies that Lark".
This popped up and I thought for a moment it was filmed this afternoon, but no one could be that quick, could they? What a fantastic day. The river is so beautiful.
Another great video, I can’t believe how much the Thames just keeps giving..People lost / discarded quite a lot back in the day..The baby shoe is fantastic, makes me wonder if the baby grew up and had a good life..Fantastic find..
I'm absolutely fascinated with the 👞s... 😊 THANK you, Girls ! 😘 What a TREAT ! 😍
Omg I love this Monica human! My kind of person!
Wow, that was really fascinating. The shoe woman is incredible. Her knowledge in her talent. I wish I could’ve been there to talk to both of you.
Absolutely wonderful transformation of the shoe you found. Monika has some amazing cobbler skills and as always, informational and educational video. Thank you so much for sharing!
Monica has an amazing skill she about knocked me out of my shoes😂 Her patience and talent are astounding actually this is truly a lost form of art.
I like to think that the wearer of that lovely little shoe lost it by being naughty and running away from mom into the mud, where the shoe was pulled off. And then that child grew up to have their own naughty children, who bred their own, who also brought little ones into the world, who grew up to be parents of parents who now wander the shores finding old shoes while their children have set out on adventures of their own!
i love this! it does get the imagination going doesn't it!
I love the baby shoe, absolutely beautiful. Excellent work Monica x
Oh that little shoe is the sweetest thing and in such good condition ,Monika did an amazing job. I think you should get the pheasant made into something you can wear, its really pretty. xx
What a beautiful little shoe!! Great find Nic!! And Monica did a fantastic job on the restoration. Really stunning. And love the little worn spot on the back. ❤❤
I didnt even finish the vid and had to say Monika will tell you how to preserve that shoe! 😄The shoe is precious! 😊❤Monika is awesome with her shoes! 😃👍 Mudlark fam will never fail you! 🥰 Oh, you have to put some garnets in that bird brooch! 🐦❤🥰
What an absolutely fantastic and most interesting, addictive end to this larking adventure Nicola.
The little baby shoe ened up so lovingly put back together and preserved. Great job done there by Monica.
I loved seeing part of her collection. Who else wanted to look in all those draws to see whats hidden within. I can tell you, i certainy did. I also wanted to see what was on the shelves too. Absoluty facinating.
Thank you Nicola. I so much enjoyed this post. I can even go as far as saying a favourite.
Thank very much for sharing your finds with us Monica. Plus thank you too Nicola for another entertaing lark on the shores of the Thames.
She can be so generous at times. Re giving them back to the shore line. The things that lie beneath all the mud, baffles my brain.
Such wonderful things hidden from us all. Unless the Thames decides its time to shift them out. You never know from one day to the next, what will appear next. 😊xxx
Thank you ❤😊
Monica is always so delightful
This is the most memorable episode I have seen. I have admired your work and knowledge as a want-to-be mudlarker for some time. I am from Washington State and in the 1970s I spent a lot of time as a child digging through 100 yr old garbage dumps on the shores of Hood Canal, a 40 mile long natural canal on the Olympic Peninsula, where we had many Victorian settlers near Port Townsend, WA. In addition to my collection of antique (1800s) bottles from the hillside dump, my incredible childhood allowed me to explore the woodlands and the 100 year old structural ruins from the church yard to the orchard housing. In one orchard hut, I found an old carved wooden shoe mold, either for a woman or child- most exciting! As a young girl, immediately gave it to my mother (a historian). So I just emailed her to ask where it was! I have since been to the UK 48+ times, and dream of doing what you do and sharing the love for artisans and civilizations past.
Fantastic job done on that shoe 👏👏 The shoe is so sweet 🥰
Oh Nicola! We are new subscribers Tom and Peggy Poeta! We have watched probably 20 of your videos you make me so happy. I knew this Little shoe Was going to be the find of the day! Remarkable! Thank you for being you. I hope to hear back from you.
Hi Peggy and Tom! Thank you and welcome! I'm so glad you enjoy the videos. And yes. Isn't the shoe adorable!? Have a lovely Sunday. Nicola xx
Monica is so clever with her shoe restoration. Such delicate work.
*Kia ora Nicola 🙂 Thank you Monica for showing us your collection, But also explaining how your actually restore these long forgotten Thames shoes & boots. Plus for explaining how you fully restored Nicola's baby shoe that she found on the Thames. Nicola, I enjoyed this video and seeing that bottle come out of the mud. I really can't imagine just how much more is hidden so far under all the mud... as you are really just getting the tip of it off the top of mud. There really must be so many hidden gems with one heck of a lot of hidden history that is likely to be never uncovered. 🙂NZ*
Thank you once again, Nicola, for another fascinating video! I’ve been in hospital for nearly four months, and when internet connection allows, my ‘go to’ has been your channel. Your opening good wishes have always resonated, but they mean all the more these days. Again, my thanks.
I hope you're doing well Chris sending you love and hugs. ❤
Monica did an awesome job on that precious shoe. Perfect looking. Enjoying to see items never heard of before and learning what and why they were made and their use.
Cool shoes. ❤❤❤
I love all your videos ..so much history..but today your visit with Monika touch close to my family history. A Huguenot ancestor David Fancher/Faucher migrated to London he was always given the middle name
"cordonnier". That's not a name it's his occupation he was a shoemaker a shoemaker for the ladies of the court so when I saw the pretty black shoe as nd the buckle I thought to myself hey maybe my ancestor could have made the shoe😊😊
Wonderful!
I am so glad that you were able to have the little shoe restored. I would have never thought it would have been so interesting and she did an amazing job!
What a beautiful, tasteful home Monica has
Thank you so much for this. Monika is a star! In the 1980s I worked in a shop called Clogs and Wellies - wood-soled clogs with either irons or rubbers on the bottom of the wood. I also saw terrifying duelling clogs though they weren’t for sale!
Amazing that you can still stitch the leather back together, after all these years and all its peregrinations!
It’s always fun, watching you Mudlark, your commentary, pictures showing what the objects looked like cleaned up,and your after chat!
What a wonderful little shoe!!!
I think shoes are one of the most evocative finds from the past. Shoes are not only very personal but they tell you so much about the wearer… their occupation, their station in life, the conditions in which they lived and worked, and, if we’re really lucky, actually show the wearer’s foot-marks on the inside of the sole and the creases in the upper from wear… the latter being especially poignant because they are actual tangible connections to the wearer.
I saw the restoration on Instagram before I watched this video, so I knew what was coming, but that doesn't make it any less amazing. I also saw the camera restoration Monika did on Si's video. She definitely has a knack for bringing things back to life.
She really does doesn't she!!
This was absolutely lovely to watch! Please tell Monica "Well done!"🎉
I never thought old shoes would be so interesting, the restoration work was beautifully done ❤
Thanks to you Nicola, we viewers are able to watch with great pleasure your unearthing of that little shoe and then having Monica do such a fantastic job with its restoration. Loved that stylish brooch and the tablespoon bottle. Lovely pics of the geese, beautiful birds.
Wow monika is a gem ,we need many more monikas ❤❤❤
I can't tell you how much my sister and I have enjoyed your channel. Given the way you make sure that we have time to see the pieces as you claim them but you include great audio, sounds of the water, the birds, and your occasional "Whoop."
I found this today whilst looking for an ancestor, Thomas Dunn, who imigrated to Virginia in 1624 as an indentured servant to Gov. Yeardley at Flowerfew Plantation now near Richmond. This was an archeological study of a North Carolina colonial town and would you believe the first thing they talk about are PIPES!!! Enjoy!!
“Little Tube of mighty pow’r, Charmer of an idle hour, Object of my warm desire, Lip of wax and eye of fire: And thy snowy taper waist, With my finger gently brac’d; And thy pretty swelling crest, With my little stopper prest, And the sweetest bliss of blisses, Breathing from thy balmy kisses…” (reprinted in Mackenzie 1957:196) Originally published in 1736, the beginning lines of this verse extol the pleasures that a pipe of “fragrant Indian weed” could bring to those who partook in the social rituals of smoking.
HET REGENT PIJPESTELEN AT BRUNSWICK TOWN: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF WHITE CLAY TOBACCO PIPES AND SMOKING BEHAVIORS IN COLONIAL NORTH CAROLINA by Thomas E. Beaman, Jr. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/www.rla.unc.edu/Publications/NCArch/NCA_54.pdf
🙏🏼 😢 my very first shoes were made by my mother from the pockets of my fathers leather coat 64 years ago, by hand. According to her stories this is identical to mine xx bless you Monica 🙏🏼🙏🏼🇦🇺
Thank you Nicola and Monica!