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This week on the Travel with Rick Steves radio show: Hear about Germans' stereotypes of Americans and 'mudlarking' in London — the centuries-old pastime of searching the Thames' shores for bits of history preserved in its dense riverbed. Listen online at ricksteves.com/watch-read-lis….

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Lara Maiklem FSA - The London Mudlark(@LondonMudlark) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’ve read in the news about another Lego octopus turning up recently. They just keep coming. Here’s mine. Found in December 2022, wedged between two boulders on a beach in Cornwall. It’s one of the black octopuses from the Lego spill of 1997…
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I’ve read in the news about another Lego octopus turning up recently. They just keep coming. Here’s mine. Found in December 2022, wedged between two boulders on a beach in Cornwall. It’s one of the black octopuses from the Lego spill of 1997…
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#Mudlarking #legolostatsea
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Germander Speedwell Frustratingly, I got rid of most of my mudlarking sketchbooks. I had one especially for 50s Japanese mass-produced toys. I gave away 99% of my finds and tossed my reference pads due to lack of space. 🫣

@GermanderS Frustratingly, I got rid of most of my mudlarking sketchbooks. I had one especially for 50s Japanese mass-produced toys. I gave away 99% of my finds and tossed my reference pads due to lack of space. 🫣
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Lara Maiklem FSA - The London Mudlark(@LondonMudlark) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A near perfect lead cloth seal that would have been attached to a length of woollen cloth sometime around the end of the 16th century, to prove it was of good quality and that the necessary taxes had been paid.
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A near perfect lead cloth seal that would have been attached to a length of woollen cloth sometime around the end of the 16th century, to prove it was of good quality and that the necessary taxes had been paid.
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#mudlarking
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It might not look very exciting, but this is one of my favourite pottery shards. Look carefully, can you see painted decoration? Those simple paint strokes are almost 2,000 years old because this is a piece of decorated Roman pot.

It might not look very exciting, but this is one of my favourite pottery shards. Look carefully, can you see painted decoration? Those simple paint strokes are almost 2,000 years old because this is a piece of decorated Roman pot.

#Mudlark #mudlarking #Larking
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MY NEW BOOK - 4 JULY
PRE-ORDER NOW!
After three years of planning and writing, I can finally reveal my new book - 'A Mudlarking Year: Finding Treasure in Every Season'. It can be pre-ordered now and will publish on 4 July.

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Bloomsbury Books UK

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I celebrated May Day in one of the best places I know for lark listening. Years ago skylarks were trapped and caged for their beautiful song and sometimes even blinded, because people thought they sang better if they couldn’t see.

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🇺🇦Isabel Reid (she/her)sign name I-A one handed(@IsabelReid5) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Finally caught up on the last three BBCSeeHear episodes.. love the new set up so much better! Brilliant all three .. Fury Jodie Ounsley , Peter Brown on Mudlarking ,Fair Play UK Deaf Sport Nathan Young ChrisBeech However why oh why is the nasty 🤮 orange glow flash still there?

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Mudlarking treasures! Love this!
Thames thimbles, medieval to 19th century. All found by eye on the Thames foreshore over 20 years of searching in what might be the World’s most extreme game of hunt the thimble.

Mudlarking treasures!  Love this!
Thames thimbles, medieval to 19th century. All found by eye on the Thames foreshore over 20 years of searching in what might be the World’s most extreme game of hunt the thimble.
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