Mudlarking thames

The valuable cargo in ships that clogged the River Thames in the 18th century attracted pilferers and river pirates.

Lara Maiklem is a mudlark, and she digs in the tidal flats of the Thames river to uncover all sorts of incredible secrets and treasures.

In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London

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A mudlark who found a rare Roman lamp while walking on the Thames foreshore in his lunch break revealed that he almost threw it away because he thought it was a fake.

Mudlark'd: Hidden Histories from the River Thames

A few years ago, a worldly friend who’s always in the know posted something to her Facebook wall that went something like this: Mudlarking on the Thames is the best way to spend a Sunday morning in London. She had me at "mudlarking"—I had no clue what it was. It seemed like something curiously obscu

The original Thames Mudlarks were little more than scavengers, finding whatever it took just to exist. Their modern equivalents, The Society of Thames Mudlarks are more intested in the historical aspect of the finds.

"Mudlarks" were the people who made a living picking objects out of the mud along the River Thames. Writer Lara Maiklem follows in their tracks; she chronicles her journeys in a new book, Mudlark.

For 200 years, mudlarks scrounged a living in the tidal flats of the River Thames. Today, intertidal archaeology can be a fun London adventure.