Mudlarking the Lowest tide I've ever seen - Storm Ciara - Mudlarking the Thames with Nicola White
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Join me as I take a trip to the Thames Foreshore in London on Sunday 9th February when Storm Ciara was blowing furiously throughout the UK. The tide was already due to be a low one, but Storm Ciara sucked the water out into the sea and so the tide was even lower than usual - exposing parts of the Thames foreshore that have been covered for years. I met up with mudlarking friend Simon and we got very windswept whilst searching for pieces of history left out by the tide.
One of my favourite finds are clay pipes and there were plenty of 18th Century pipes to be found on the foreshore, as well as some other interesting bits and pieces. I finish up back at my Tideline Studio for a round up of the objects I pick up.
For comprehensive information on clay pipes, check out:-
Society for Clay Pipe Research - scpr.co/
and
Pipe Archive - www.pipearchive...
I was using my new Neewer tripod today and here is the link to Neewer and their excellent range of photographic and camera equipment, and more :-
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Lastly, if you are tempted to try mudlarking, you do need a permit from the Port of London Authority. You can find details here:-
www.pla.co.uk/...
You can follow me on twitter and instagram @tidelineart and visit my website at www.tidelineart.com
Thank you for watching.
Nicola
When I first met Nicola , she was driving a 1959 volkswagon beetle convertible. It was covered in psychedelic flowers and peace signs. The back seat was filled with 5 gallon plastic buckets. 3 filledwith muddy toys and 2 filled with pieces and parts of broken clay pipes. She jumped out of the car smoking a long church wardens pipe, and seemed put out when she offered me a puff and I declined. It was amazing to see her try to put a crusty 1800's half penny in the parking meter. Finally I gave her a handful of modern change. I feared someone might mistake her for a street person and add to her problems. It was an amazing chance meeting with the popular mudlarker. I'll always remember that day.
They say you die twice. Once when your heart stops and again when someone says your name for the last time. Thomas Padfield, 300 years on, is still alive thanks to you!
Chad Sanborn this is beautiful
Yes, that's beautiful
How do you know if it's the last time someone says your name? Someone might say it again in the future.
Mmm. Saying someone's name for the last time denotes their death but saying it again revives them. Paradoxical, or maybe nobody ever dies due to the potential for their name to be uttered in the future? Anyone remember Ugh-Grunt from the stone age?
You are only truly dead when no one remembers your name. Wonder what Mr. Padfield would think of our world today?
Nicola, the mystery coin is a halfpenny of William III. It is of a variety that was struck between 1695-1699.
I am a new subscriber from Portland , Oregon. I love your channel and videos! As a coin dealer, perhaps I can help you identify coins from time to time.
Best regards,
Harry
Thank you Harry. That would be great and very useful!
Yep; saw the "GVI-" , and immediately knew it was William III.
Beautifully edited. The opening minute is worthy of an Oscar...or a Bafta !
I love Nicola's ethereal fades of the Thames... So atmospheric !
It is indeed very beautifully made. These videos are so creative and full of life.
Thank you very much
Nicola -- you have 70,000+ subscribers (and will get many more) more because of who you are than really what you post. You are so enthusiastic, caring and have such a great artistic sense -- and you are willing to share it -- that people who have never heard of mudlarking before are pulled in and swept away by all of those aspects that *YOU* bring to your channel -- not merely because of clay pipes, or padlocks or naughty key chains. Those are just interesting things -- but you make the whole experience just that -- an *experience* that you share with all of us. Frankly you could post videos about cutting individual blades of grass and I would subscribe and watch every one -- because it is the *you* part of the video that is engaging and rewarding to watch....
Thank you that is so lovely of you to say and I'm really touched. love from London x♥️
A little girl stated on one of your videos, about young mudlarking finds, that your videos relax her. That little kid was right.
It's really interesting to see what you may find next. Your a very neat lady, keep up the nice and interesting work of finding pieces of history.
You and Sci-Finds are so much fun. My wife (a university professor working all day in her home office the whole apocalypse) says "OMG seriously, you're watching MORE mudlarking videos?" And I'm all like "Come on honey! They're WINSOME!" And she's like "OK whatever." Then she`s like "I need to get back to work ..." (and can't tear herself away). Mudlarks 1 Professor 0. SCOOOOOOORRRRE!!
Ha ha that's so funny. Best comment of the weekend so far! Sending you both my very best wishes. Nicola x
Nic: Both you and Simon did a fine job mudlarking the Thames during Ciara. My hat's off to you both. I did just want to give you a special shout-out for the excellent videography and editing in today's video. Video editing is surely the least enjoyable and most thankless part of what you do; however, you have elevated it to an artform. Keep up the great work!
That's a lovely comment ! And so true ..we make content and my friend Simon spends hours editing !
Thank you for sharing the drain art. It's very creative
I keep meaning to tell you how much my sister and I enjoy your videos. I especially am in love with the footage of the places you go, the birds, the river, the plants and the city. I relax and pretend I am there enjoying the swans that visit you and try to ignore my cold feet and fingers. Thank you for an immersive Thames experience here sitting on my couch.
How wonderful ! That's lovely that is sending regards x
As always Nicola loved your video. I liked especially the tiny silver threepenny bit.......they remained silver until I think 1940's. I used to have a collection old ones ,but over the years I've given then away to Brides and new babies as the traditional thought in my family was that these coins were very lucky. And, of course, this is the coin for the Christmas pudding !
ditto
That's lovely that you have given them away. You'll get it back in some way
i'm always happy to see one of your videos pop up no matter how old - u must love a good storm for the low tide it brings.
Loved the chalk drawing on the wall!
Nicola, I believe your mystery coin is a William III farthing, which would put it in the late 1600's. Wonderful coin!
George ii or iii, probably 18th century.
@@fionnchamberlain9963 that's William IV, son of George III. William III died in 1702.
It says Britannia on the front with a date, 1730 - 70, or there abouts, could be George 2 or 3. Not very rare.
@@fionnchamberlain9963 the Brittania is the reverse, I don't see a date. en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/england/339-original.jpg this is a link to an image of the coin I am talking about.
I agree that it's William lll but I'd say it's a half penny
Love the fact that you dig into and share the history of your finds. Wonderful!
That is so true .what a lovely thing to say .waves x
Nicola, you speak so clearly and beautifully!
Thanks Jimmy!
I lived in London (Holborn) in 1984 to 86.
I used to enjoy Sunday strolls alongside the Thames. It's kind of weird to think that all those treasures you have found were just laying there in the mud awaiting a new life as I walked by over 30 years ago.
I live near a river and occasionally go hunt arrow heads! And the best time to go is when the river is down and after a few hard rainstorms and the arrow heads have been uncovered! I can tell you and Simon enjoy the conditions you found the river! I'm still watching over in Tennessee where the grass is green! Later girlfriend 😎💨
Haha that birds saying you’d have to be Raven mad 🇦🇺👍
The birds are starving. The river treasures are great - but the BIRDS ARE STARVING.
@@robertareilly4847 Nicola ALWAYS FEEDS THE BIRD LIFE, as I am sure do many others, and you would know this if you were a true follower. Please, take your preaching elsewhere!!
@@iamshotty Quite uncalled for - I've had a nice reply from Nicola and have seen most of her vids. Pity her fans are not as nice as she is.
I'm glad you left in some of the wind in the background. It makes for great ambiance.
Thank you for another great video!! I love that you were mentioned in the news.
Great to hear you mentioned in the broadcast -- "and a friend" (Ha -- Simon!). Be careful in the nasty weather!
😂
The radio clip about you made me smile so big! These videos are so cool and calming!
Wow. Your muddy wind blown locks really cleaned up nice. So did your padlocks.
Just found you today! And am watching all I can fit in. I live on a historic river in USA, Virginia and love nothing better than doing river walking and looking for treasures. Well, what I call treasures! I make found art and am addicted to all types of flotsam and assorted trash. Glass is my favorite, and pottery. I never find whole pieces, so would go crazy with you at all the little pieces you leave behind! You have inspired me to maybe film my next foray into the mud. Please make more art, too, and share ok? Keep mudlarking!
Thank you and I'm delighted that you are inspired. Make sure you share your videos. I'd love to see them x
I'm the same exact way only along the Hudson instead.
A lot of Colonial ports here on the Chesapeake have items that were brought to us from England- lol, whether we wanted them or not!
Capt Termite My river is much, much farther west from the Chesapeake, but yes, so many mix ups of cultures here, from prehistoric native american to colonial to modern day. I lived on the Chesapeake for a year while attending ODU and spent part of everyday scouring the sand. My best find was an 18k medallion.
I attach broken glass to chicken wire, especially the bottom circles, to make a colorful panel. The bottle necks I string on thin rope or wire and drape on tree branches
Glad somebody is out there in the wind and rain doing interesting stuff so I don't have to, other than to watch it in the warm and dry!
Never change, mudlarks!
Thank you
Cheers... from California..... another awesome video
Hello I agree !
You go girl Awesome 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Hi Nicola I love your video's and while I've never mudlarked I can imagine how excited I'd be to extract a clay pipe from the mud! The designs on some are so intricate even though they didn't have a great lifespan...amazing. Thank u.
Thank you Patricia! Thank you for watching and for your positive comments ❤️
Just love the opening of your entry that day. Wow, what a find - all those pipes. xxx
Nicola, windswept or not. You always look beautiful! Great content as ever.
Love the water drain drawing! Very imaginative! :-)
It was nice to see that the Tideline Art Corvid survived the storm. They are supposed to have selected a mate and nest-site by Valentine's day, but with the storms some of them left it to the last minute and I noticed a lot of urgent cawing from the chimney tops that week.
Wow Nicola , how exciting, absolutely fabulous ☮️🇨🇦
Thank you 😊
That was great hearing about you on the radio. What an exciting day. The padlocks are glorious. Good job, Nicola
Thank you 😘
I enjoy the historical information you provide for the objects you find.
What a perfect introduction! Wow!!!!!!!
The face of the figure on clay pipe at very end of the video is fantastic, quite expressive (under water for 200 years!)
Simon had the longest pipe, but who had more? Looked like there were plenty for you both. Amazing how they just keep coming up out of the mud.
Some interesting bits of history as well. Thanks for braving the storm and sharing it with us. You are well on your way to 100,000 subscribers.👍
Nicola the light is absolutely gorgeous you done a great job
Simons pipe mite have just been a touch longer but it was cold 🥶 that day 😂🇦🇺👍
John Sweeney | Love the idea of pipe mites. Little critters, eating all that tobacco before you get to smoke it. 8^D
Sir Rather Splendid what can 👁 say but Sir Rather Splendid. Mie speeling has nefer bean grate 🇦🇺🍺🤪
Awesome finds Nic!!!!! So many pipes from the 1700’s!!!! The bottle seal was a great find!!!
All I can say is, featuring, the beautiful, wind blown Nicola. Any way you go, your still lovely 😁
Great padlocks and beautiful swans!! And pipe dreams 👍😊
Love your finds - makes me feel like I am there.
It's amazing to see you extracting centuries-old artefacts from the mud while those ghastly ultra-modern buildings lurk across the river - it's like something out of a futuristic science-fiction film.
The editing of your video is stunning. I find it so relaxing and visually appealing. I wish I could spend a day mud larking with you. Thank you for your hard work.
So true ! ...we agree it's a lovely video
Big Thanks!)
Nicola i just wanted to tell you how much i appreciate your braving the weather to gather all your goodies. You are a very brave woman!
What a fantastic mudlark, is it wind that sucks the water towards the sea, I am trying to imagine it. Great to see Simon too, what a lovely bloke any news on whether the hovercraft will resume. It felt like inhaling the water and rain, in a good way, refreshing. Of course my love for the clay pipes, especially your marvellous collection. I am so glad you went down in the storm and found all those artifacts Nicola. 🧓🏻
I went beach combing this afternoon I was amazed how much sea glass I found loads of green one peice of blue enjoyed it so much
I concur with Si. You always look great, wind blown or tidied up in your studio it’s always a pleasure....now to check out his upload of your adventure together
Hi Nicola, I am so envious of being able recover wonderful old relics just lying about waiting to be discovered! Here in the U. S., You usually have to dig deep to find anything! I love the history that you research, tells a tale, & is fascinating to say the least!!! Thanks so much for taking so many along with you, we are all learning history first hand &don't have to do a thing but sit here with our cup of coffee while you do all the work!!! You & Si are great companions!!! Good hunting, best, Carol
Hello ..just to say that is a lovely comment !
I love the little man on the pipe! Some really awesome finds❤❤❤( including the Si-finds variety as well …lol)
Those big padlocks are interesting. Love the bottle seals, I find it fascinating to learn some of the history behind it. Thank you Nicola.
How fortunate for you that you had a super low tide. All the history revieled for you to find. Everything you found is so interesting, love the clay pipes. I bet you hated seeing the tide coming back in. Your videos are fantastic, thank you, I really enjoyed.
Awesome. As usual. Thank you for taking the time to record, edit and post videos of your adventures. I especially like the information you present after researching your finds as it provides the very interesting historical and human elements to the objects.
Darling goddess of the Thames. Wonderful video.💝💝💝
We love you for sharing you adventures and treasures. 🇨🇦❤️
Great treasures found by a true treasure.
Thank you Steve 🥰
I love the iridescence of the tavern bottle seal! It looks really opalescent.
I've looked forward to this storm outing! Glad you captured so many treasures!
Loverly finds just shows what is in the river that would never been found if it was not for an extra extra low tide 😀😀
My daughter’s name is Ciara! Can’t wait to show her this!!! Love your videos!!
As usual awesome Nic, loved the little man. Keep mudlarking, I am eagerly awaiting the next adventure. 🇨🇦
That was a fun lark. Thank you Nicola.
Thanks Jonathan! x
Battle the storm and find multiple clay pipes and your famous!! Love it!! (You were already famous) just incredible what is still beneath the water waiting to be washed ashore! Thanks for the adventure 👍🏻 HH!🎧⛏
Thanks for sharing. I'm so envious of your pipe colection.
Sitting down with a cuppa on a dismal Sunday afternoon, what better way to watch another of your super muckraking vids. I'm excited to see what you've found this week out on the Thames in the storm! 😊
Awesome Video - Thank you for posting it ! Watching and Enjoying your videos from North Coast of British Columbia ,Canada !
Good video, and what a collection of pipes. It's nice to see some that are nearly full length...
Love these modern archeological digs! You and Si take everyone on fun adventures!
Right up there with your best, Nicola! Thanks for the voice over, too.
Great finds, and I always look forward to seeing your friends the swans. So beautiful, even on a ‘bad feather’ day!
This video just showed up in my recommended feed. Probably because I watch Nugget Noggin ☺️ I’ve been a fan of his channel for quite awhile. Primarily because he is so young, but an old soul. Great video!
Thank you
Absolutely love the windswept look...that's where the loveliest locks were on the day (at my age, I know how to creep!)
Dave
ha ha thanks Dave
You’ve done it once again! Well done! Miss talking...
thanks for braving the wind to bring the fascinating finds nicola.
Loved the news story☺ Great bit. You and Si always make us smile with your treasures. The pipes are my very favorites. Hugs from Michigan xxx 😊
Awesome sauce you're in the paper! You rock! Cute little umbrella lady at the end!
Wonderful finds, thank you for sharing those.
How do you have 70k+ subscribers, well just maybe it's the enthusiasm you have that's infectious, the quality of your content. And most of all you just being you. Thank you for sharing, we all appreciate you and your work! 🌹
Just came over from Si's channel. Wow! You both cleaned up on that hunt! The clay pipes are great & congratulations on all of the fantastic finds! H.H.!
The pleasure is all ours, Nicola!
I just love ur videos. So calming and I learn something every time. Keep up great work!❤️
Lost on UA-cam and came across "mudlarking", looks like great fun.
Welcome! 😘
You and Si-Finds are amazing that you went out in a storm and got such great finds. I'm impressed.. So many intact pipes and partial ones! What a great lark.. Really enjoy seeing all the saroundings, birds, swans, and the drawings you put around drain pipes!
LOVE your enthusiasm and Knowledge!❤
The post-storm setting and the music added drama
I love watching your videos I find them relaxing and interesting
AWESOMENESS...Way to go~!!
This is by far the most beautiful presentation you've done..and, those in the past, were hard to beat~!!
What wonderful finds!! I'm absolutely enamored with the tiny fisherman on the one pipe, he's so detailed. Happy Hunting!
Braving the storm to enjoy the low tide definatly paid off with beautiful treasures :-). Thank you so much for sharing - and congratulations on great finds! Did you have treats for your feathered friends?
I brought them a few snacks
i never knew mudlarking existed before i found your channel. now im so capitivated by the idea of walking by this river and discovering the treasures and stories of ages past. 😍 your videos are delightful! lots of love from canada💕
Thank you! so glad you are enjoying! x
The figurine on the pipe bowl looks more like he is holding a boathook or gaff. He is holding a fish and looks as if he is wearing a coat with epaulettes and a double set of fastenings (buttons?) down the chest. His hat seems very distinctive. He is wearing a very short jacket and possible knee breeches. The hat is reminiscent of the yeomen warders of the Tower of London. His outfit looks like some form of uniform but I have not been able to find out its possible origins.
Jaycee very interesting 🤓
My thoughts entirely:
outoftheblueartifacts.com/boat-hook/
Looks like a boathook to me, not a gaff. A gaff would be pointed to pierce; this has a knobbed tip to the hook to reduce the possibility of damage. The spherical top end is likely a built-in float to aid in recovery, should it be dropped in use.
The formal looking attire suggests the figure could be an official for some shared resource, say a dockmaster of a public warf.
I saw a show once focusing on the rook wardens in the "Tower of London " . Maybe cod fish were so plentiful , the warden would simply gaff some cod to feed the tower rooks. - Cheers
Search: Doggett's Coat and Badge prize, and you'll find the link between the fish (The Fishmongers Company) and the traditional costume and boat hook (Watermen's Guild)
Another great video! The onion bottle fragment with that little bit of wire was really special... but then all your findings are quite special! Love your videos!
You and Simon -- and your "PG-13" (US rating for movies -- Parental Guidance for children 13 and under) videos!!! Comparing who has the longest! But it is awesome, and astonishing, to see these 200+ year old pipes intact after all of that time -- and all of the tides, ships and even *wars* that the Thames has seen!
How exciting!!! Awesome haul!!
Nicola you're fast becoming a celebrity 🙂
Thanks for sharing another lovely video. Have a great week.
Thanks. You too Shelley!
i always hold my breath when you dig up a clay pipe, never know what you'll find!
The pigeons and swans and what you found looks good .