During the time I was homeless and unemployed due to COVID, a local merchant was so kind as to fill my metal thermos jug with boiling water every night. I told him that I wrapped it in a blanket and slept with it for warmth. He filled it every night, and enabled me to get to sleep despite the cold. I bought food when I could afford it. (they had .50 egg rolls) You mentioned the hot water bottle. It was wonderful, and reminded me that someone CARED that I was cold. Housed and employed now, but I will NEVER forget that kindness. That is VALUABLE; as you very soon lose all hope/trust of life. It was the few caring people who reached out that helped me regain my serenity. If you've never been homeless or jobless, if you're now elderly, it is the worst time to start sleeping on the ground and scrounging and begging for food. My love and care to all those trapped outside in the elements.

Hi Nicola, some info on the printers type you often find. In 1958 I started a 6-year apprenticeship as a Compositor, in London. At that time all apprentices did a one day weekly day release at the London College of Printing, then in Stamford Street-very near to the Rivet Thames. A large part of the time spent there was, for us trainee Compositors, hand-setting the back-to-front pieces of type, from the type case into a hand-held composing stick, making words and sentences. After the article was proof-read and printed, the type then had to be ‘dissed’ (distributed) back into the same type case to be used again. To some of the lazier trainees the tedious task of dissing could be avoided by putting the chunks of type into pockets and at lunch time throwing it from the bridge into the river below. This is why you find lots of type on the Thames fore shore, especially near Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges. In about 1962 a new print college was opened at Elephant & Castle, which meant the closure of the old building in Stamford Street which had been in use for many years. This would explain the large amount of different pieces of ‘monotype’ still nestling in the mud of the Thames. I’ve been a subscriber of your very enjoyable videos since you first started’ Tideline Art’ and still love to watch your antics with Sy-Fi etc. Keep up the good work Nic x

Me again! I've also found a John Andrews, pipe maker born 1840 and his son John Andrews also a pipe maker born 1862 in the 1881 census living at 124 Vauxhall Walk.

John Andrews, 124 Vauxhall Walk was listed in the 1881 census as a pipe maker. My husband’s family are Andrews’s and lived very close by at that time so we are going to try and find out if there’s a family link. Exciting. Great finds!

Shout-out to the MVS -- it's great to give these folks the opportunity to do what they enjoy and serve the public.

I had to stop at about 1:34 to tell you that I was so very jealous but so happy to be going with you. I'll never get to London to Mudkark but it does seem like I am part of the mudlarkers gang just by watching all of you hunt for your treasures! Thank you Si and Nicola!

A shout-out for Wendy and her awesome jewelry! I worked with her to make a custom pendant for my sister's birthday -- using some of Simon's Thames garnets -- and it was great to work with her (across the Atlantic) and see the whole process. Amazing results!!!

These nothing better on a Sunday morning that a lark with Nick and Si!

Hello Nicola - I lived through Hurricane Ian, and my house suffered a lot of damage. My car is gone as well. I just wanted to let you know how wonderful it is to watch your videos during these very stressful times. Your videos are a wonderful respite and let me forget my problems for a while. Thank you so much.

So funny, when Si told you that it was a fruit machine token ... I pictured a vending machine with fruit in it lol lol :)

Very nice finds! You did miss a big bullet though. I love everything you find! The coins are fun…being American, I recognized the pennies right away. Maybe you and Si can go there again. It looked like it still has a lot to be found. As usual, I thank you for the video. Take Care.

I love when you two are together mudlaking🍀❤️it’s a funny Sunday morning for me. Thank you!

You both are so brilliant mudlarking together on the Thames. These will always be my favorite episodes. ❤

It wasn't just Jack Benny who hit the Super Jackpot, but rather it was all of us, Nicola! Thanks for another entertaining and enlightening video.

At 05:37 where you found the button there also appeared to be a coin of some sort. As for Jack Benny, if you don't know, his whole theme was that he was super cheap!

In 1990 I found a world map from Lambert Brothers, 88 Leadenhall Street, showing their shipping routes all over the world. My daughter had it hanging over her bed for many years and it really got her interested in geography. I’m sorry it is not the taylor from number 38 but a little bit of history about number 88 Leadenhall Street. I always enjoy your fact finding about anything you find that has some writing on it.

Idont know why you dont already have your own television show! youre absolutely brilliant in front of the camera and putting together videos and youre voice and narrations are so enjoyable!

What a great day that was! Another trip soon!

Thanks, Nicola. I’m in Texas, USA. It’s April 6, 2024. Love your videos.

Hi Nicola, Not sure if this is valid, but I found this on flickr posted by Alan Denney, for the button @30:44 "James Jackson was a "merchant taylor" at 38 Leadenhall Street in the City of London from the 1830s until he died in 1871." Thank you for sharing, great finds! Take really good care, stay well! Kathy x

Hi Nicola,lovely vlog but that is not unusual. I was quite interested i n those guys with your Water Taxi service, sounds like a great organisation. You look as if you've stumbled on an aquatic branch of The Bank of England with all that cash I guess it's going to your charitable fund. As for the Leadenhall Street button I can tell you that many British shipping companies had their head offices there back in the day so Naval Tailors would fit right in. I visited the Furness withy office on several occasions. They were a huge conglomerate that controlled many different Shipping lines that literally covered the globe including my old Company "Manchester Liners who were at the forefront of the Container revolution in the sixties and the reason I emigrated to Canada in 1967. Thanks Nicola it was a pure pleasure. BTW who else would have trowels for ear rings....a huge smile of appreciation XXX

What a great job the MVS are doing, great guys! Love the ship button 😀💗 x

Wow -- when I was in London in 1976/77 -- it was still a rather "antique" city -- many old buildings/warehouses along the Thames -- still some bombed-out areas from the blitz awaiting reconstruction. It's quite a neat mix now of new and old -- very cosmopolitan -- the perfect place for Nicola and Simon, having a day out on the foreshore!!!

Thanks!

My hats off to the MVS, even us across the pond owe them a thanks for their services.

Toujours un véritable moment de détente🔬🎬🍀🙏🌹Alex France🍷🍾

As a silversmith, I love your pendant obviously made specifically for you.

Hahaha you gave Si a running start, and still cleaned him up. :)

I love it when the two of you lark together, lol❤😂

Im astonished at the amount of metal and masonry in the river. All the debris of industry and ordinary lives. All that history that was pushed in to wash away. After the Great Fire, after WWI, WWII, and during the reconstruction. I think if the mudlarkers banded together there are enough briicks to build a new house!

I enjoyed that little adventure. Thank you for inviting us along.

So now I know why they call it a "Peter", it is like the key to heaven! 😆

My Grandma lived in Southend-on-Sea she used to save all her copper for when we went to visit and me and my brother used to feed it all into the slot machines, taught me a valuable lesson at a young age that gambling never pays! Great content as always London looks great from the Thames!

Love videos that you and Si do together. It is NOT cold where I am. I’m in the US in NE Florida in our Nation’s Oldest City! We are 457 years old here in St. Augustine Florida- though that’s nothing compared to London. Haha

Thanks for highlighting the maritime volunteers. In coastal South Carolina USA we have the Coast Guard Auxillary. I know a few of the people involved and they're just like your boat guys... all wonderful people!

It seems to me that a lot of those coins wedge themselves under large rocks. See, I learned something by watching these videos. ;)

"At home" sound so much better than it has been! Thanks!

Now Nicola, Allen & Hembury's they were British Pharmaceutical manufacture founded in 1715 and was bought out by Glaxo Labs in 1958. A very interesting episode and thank you for sharing. Norfolk xx

Another Sunday morning with my favourite mudlarks Nic and Si!

Entertaining, as usual Nicola. Bit of a stretch from Melb. Vic. Aust. My Dad and I often 'Beachcombed' at Port Noarlunga, and Glenelg in South Australia, I still tend to look down when walking on or near beaches. Not the range of things you get. More Luck-In-The-Muck to you.

Always nice to see what you are up to out on the Thames and an added bonus to have Si along for comedy relief 😂 just kidding 😊 thank you for all your hard work on providing us a Sunday entertainment 🙏

I love the cooler days in Autumn and the beautiful colors of the leaves in New York. 🍁🍂

Nice finds again. My wife loves a warm water bottle, but uses a tube of dish cloth, filled with barley instead, and then put in the microwave for about 2-3 min. Super good against neck pain i can tell 👍👍

Those two wonderful men that excorted you to your site are so sweet! I'm so jelly of your mudlarking places! Wish I could make a trip too the old country but I fear I never will😔you and si had some great finds! Ty for the videos

Loved the temperance medallion. I remember my great aunt reminiscing about “signing the pledge” when she was a teenager in order to attend the temperance soirées which were a great favourite.

What an amazing mudlark! It definitely pays to find new areas to search for treasures. Can’t wait to see what Simon found! And bonus! You had someone take you to a new place! Wow. Your so lucky to have someone of like mind to go adventure with you. I’m envious. Stay safe, take care Nicola!! On to more treasures! ❤️❤️❤️

Darling I get so excited about what you will find and the history behind them. I wish you all the Love and blessings.Thank you for always sharing.🌹🦋🌹

36-38 Leadenhall Street - a 9-storey office building designed by Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall and built in 1970-73 for the Scandinavian Bank. It was built in a Chicago-derived flush-fronted style, with uniform floors and piers of polished yellow-brown stone, flush smoked-glass bands, and sharp mitred glass joints on the Billiter Street corner. The building that was there before was distroyed during WW2 during the bombing. Prior to that, James Jackson was a "merchant taylor" at 38 Leadenhall Street in the Cty of London from the 1830s until he died in 1871.

The Templars still exist in Germany, they are called Guttempler and a relative of mine is working for them. Actually the pipe stem is from 24 Vauxhall walk SE, not street, idk if that could make a difference.

Here in Iowa,USA there have been a few days of frosty windshields and in the 30s in the mornings. Such good finds before the tide came in. Always interesting places to discover. Thanks for all the info you find

Jackson & Co on on the fly-button (John and William) at that address was a wholesale slopsellers, according to the London Street Directory of 1843. "Slops" was the term for ready-made clothing.

Hi Nicola, Bell Fruit had a factory unit in the Lenton Beeston area of Nottingham producing Fruit (slot) Machines through the 60s & 70s hired out to public houses around Nottingham and Derby. I don't remember the 6d tokens but I do recall 5p and 10p tokens after the UK went decimal. Really enjoy watching your mudlarking adventures. Martin.

I loved. All finds as usual. You never disappoint.

Did you miss a whole pipe ??? Oh yes ...at 7:38 of the video on the right hand corner there is a whole PIPE . How come our pipe queen 👸 have missed it. Lovely video 📹 With lots of information about the lovely findings. Respect for the volunteer staff and their sweet services. When ever I see token n medallion n old coins I really get tempted. With love from SAM Guwahati, Assam, India 🇮🇳 ♥

Hello Nicole, thank you for the lark and the history lessons. That's another reason I enjoy larking, all the information you get from just one little treasure. Greetings from North Carolina U.S.A.

What an interesting 'Mudlark' outing, thank you for sharing your day. I can see from several comments below that I was not the only person to notice the 'Live .303 Round' that you scraped over when collecting the lead type, and even touched a little later. I loved everything about this episode ...... especially the pies.

Woo-hoo, more mudlarking. Thank you. Nicola.

Lots of love from Baja California, México! Always love to see you!!!

Thank the Volunteer Maritime Service for the ride.

The city is just beautiful from the water! When you're on the water you can see so much that you don't usually get to see.

Hi Nicola, from Winnipeg Manitoba (15th Oct 22) here. Had a few snow flurries, weather turning cold, windy ...so heading into winter now. With regard to your button with the galleon, City of London heraldic shield. So the galleon is called a 'Cog'..these were the ships that used in 10 circa onwards in battles of Sluys (Sloyz)1340 and Winchelsea 1350. They are recognizable by their round shape and two decks one at each end called 'forecastle' and 'aft castle'. Edward III flagship was called 'Cog Thomas' another called 'Christopher' ported at Rotherhithe. The two decks were very useful in battles since English forces were able to send arrows down from the castles onto the enemy below also hurling boulders and other materials. Maybe the buttons were to commemorate either the battles or London made ships.

Thank you for supporting the local services!

The Hanbury and Allen shard probably comes from a jar of Allenbury's Bynol," a mixture of malt and (cod liver) oil, although I can't find a jar where the printed information matches exactly. The shape of the jar is correct. Many of their baby formulas, pastilles, etc. came in tins. The first time I saw a cormorant in the wild was in London in 1976! I was so excited!

Great day for you and Simon awesome day for the fines nicola 🙏👍🌺🙋‍♂️

The West cliff on sea badge probably would of been attached to a souvenir Spoon , my mums hobby at least from the sixties that I know of, was to collect these, every time I went away she always reminded me to get a spoon for her, when she has passed away I have inherited about 150 of these

Jack Benny was from my hometown, he's the reason I'll always tell people that I'm 39.

Seeing you all having so much fun is a great Sunday morning watch while I have my breakfast.

Summer is still hanging on here in western Oregon. A record of 87 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday! Loved the ship button. Looks like you had a fun day. Blessings and greetings from Oregon, have a great week!

The city I live in in Canada, Saskatoon, was started by Temperance colonists in 1882.

I really do love watching you two together. I follow both of you! Hello from Tasmania (Australia)

How nice your friends in the MVS were able to give you a ride to a good spot! I think they must be the British counterparts to the US Power Squadron or the US Coast Guard Auxiliary here in the States. They all provide a very valuable service to the boating public!

Hi nicola. Another great mudlarking adventure. Uk has so much history. I live in canada and hope someday to go to uk and just watch you with your finds. So exciting. Thank you for taking us along.

6:21 - It's so funny how she dances around/avoids the live rifle round to avoid having to deal with it. :D

Yes I enjoy your mudlarks with Simon you two seem to work so well together.hope to see more in the future 👍

I am visiting from Vancouver, Canada, and was on the Thames Clipper from Woolwich to Millbank this morning. I saw someone mudlarking and got excited that it may be you. But, alas, it wasn't. I would love, love to do some Thames mudlarking (permit in hand, of course). And, from one of your previous videos, I will definitely check out the gum art on Millenium Bridge tomorrow. Nicola, what you do is so very fascinating! Si is fab too!

Hello again from a sandlarker in Death Valley California, All that water looks so good, what fun!

I live in south-central West Virginia, USA. Towards the end of September, after a sweltering mid-80s (F) Wednesday in a month that had been very humid and warm, somebody flicked a switch and we've been significantly cooler and drier since. We've had high pressure systems firmly in place which keeps the sky mostly clear and we are drenched in sunshine. The meandering and occasional big clouds bring welcome relief and they create the much-appreciated cool breezes that we have, daily. Under the sun, the trees' leaves are morphing into amazing, fantastic, brilliant colors that have me practically crashing my car on the road with their arresting, distracting displays! The shades of yellows, golds, mellow and flaming oranges. The deep, saturated hues of reds and burgundies into rich, midnight blackberry... mine eyes dazzle! Still plenty of green trees left which only heightens the shots of color mixed within the forest. If we get too warm even though only in the mid-60s(F), we step into the shade which quickly has us almost feeling cold because the air is so dry and that breeze comes along to dry any sweat. This morning, Hubby and I thought for a brief moment that it had snowed, but it was a thick frost. I am so grateful for these truly splendid days and nights. (Oh - the stars...!!! Well, this is enough from me!)

If you were to try bending the ring back, remember to heat it up first, and it will be less brittle.

So glad to catch a new episode. Really love your content. Thanks from Tennessee USA.

Fantastic guys of the MVS. GREAT work and what a great sense of humour they have. This video brought a big smile to my face. Thank you 🙂

Awesome Nicola, we have cormorants here, but they are invasive here, great Sunday morning 🌄 👍. 🇨🇦🍁🌞

Aren’t you so beautiful with your lovely blond hair.😊 What a fun outing! Your immeasurable knowledge about your finds is so impressive. ❤

Another very interesting video Nicola and thank you for the information on your jewelry. I have been admiring it from afar and often wondered who the designer was. I will have to look her up. Also, I enjoyed seeing the excerpts from The Jack Benny Show. He was a very much loved and popular comedian in that era and I loved watching him. What a joyous blast from the past! Sending you big hugs and much love from the USA!

3:13 had a .303 round sitting right in plain view. I thought you may have picked iy up to see the date and other information on it for us curious folks. You sure raked in the money today with those 2 pound coins. Good for you. There were some nice finds that can lead to other things. Thank you for taking us along on a nice day. Hugs and love from Canada.

Butterflies are in a class of their own - 4 legged wonders ! 💛 Lepidoptera 🐛🐛🐛🦋🦋🦋 magical creatures indeed 🌌 Love your shows

My twin daughters discovered the Jack Benny show when they were 12. One day I was doing the dinner dishes and I could hear the two of them laughing hysterically. I went in to find them watching Jack Benny and they were in tears. They are 34 now and still prefer all the old stuff just like me!

Leave it to Jack Benny for his dry humor. Nice video Nic🥰🍀

I found a small article regarding, among other fabulous buttons, a small blurb on the Jackson & Co button. I will be emailing you the video right away. Thanks for the mystery. As always I love your videos. Thank you for sharing your time with us Love.

Hi Nicola, just catching up on some of your older larks, and I noticed at 6:22, when you found the headless lead soldier, your finger actually touched watch looks like a live round of ammunition ammunition, like a rifle bullet. It's fascinating what you can discover on the foreshore. Love your posts.

Nice finds we enjoyed watching 👍👍👍

Greetings from sunny swanage..hello nickola treasure hunter exstraudinair..marvellous show trawling on the banks of old farther Thames.. you never know what you will find..and that's the beautiful attraction of this kind of treasure hunting.. the history of times gone by and the lives of the people living in London throughout many decades if not centuries are waiting to be discovered.. great show nickola..🙂 kind regards Michael..🥄🎰💍

I have campaign and election fatigue. Mudlarking and other "treasure hunting" videos have been a Godsend. I've even dug out UFOs to work on to get less screentime. It's the wrong time of year here to go out anywhere so getting inspiration from all the larkers for winter crafters will certainly help with cabin fever here in the Northeast of the USA

Another fun lark with you and Si...thanks for 'dredging' this one up from the archives. Simon did find a bit of info on that pipe maker in his video...just watched his from this lark and saw it...

Hi Nicola, I found a William Jackson (born 1796) and family living at 38 Leadenhall Street in the 1851 census. He was listed as a clothier. His son John Jackson (born 1829) was there still in 1861 with his family and was listed as a clothier employing 11 men. Thought that would be a good start for the button :)

Great to see you and Si out mudlarking together! Love all your great finds. I remember doing Health and Temperance as a class at primary school back in the 60's! I even won a prize! The lessons didn't stick very well with me though! Lol I bought a lovely ring from Wendy with a Thames ruby on it. It's lovely! Thanks Nicola for the fun Monday morning viewing! 😘❤️

Very funny Jack Benny clip. Thanks!

Awwww, my favorite Mudlark Duo❣

Awesome! I have never been lucky on slot machines! The temperance movement in the USA was founded by Fr. Benjamin Rush, an Episcopal (Anglican) priest and he published his "Temperance Thermometer" in 1798. It was a scale in the image of a mercury thermometer with the healthy drinks and bad drinks. Wine and Ale were "Good creatures of God " and conducive to rest and hard work in moderation while whiskey and demon rum "causeth drunkenness, blindness and insanity" as well as slothfulness. We find penny inks from England here, too! I have one. 😊👍

Thank you for making things special

I so look forward to your adventures. Thank you for sharing with us.