Please keep us informed what you find out about the school slate. It would be great to know about the young scholar.

The green bottle would look amazing with LED fairy lights put up in through the hole!

My grandmother and her siblings lived in Old tovil Rd around the 1920s. My aunt not moving out until she went into a residential home many years later in the late 80's, and they had a friend called Mrs maxted . Don't know if it's the same family but will do some checking and let you know if I find out any more.

such a lovely video to watch... please know it brought a much-needed moment of joy across the pond in these dark days...

Love the slate with the name on it - will be very interesting to learn the history! xx

There is a Mike McCarey making cakes in Maidstone now and if it is Bell Mill ; perhaps his ancestors worked the mill and so the baking trade passed down through family ; ??? anyway if you get a cake haha ; I'll have a slice

Maybe rub the slate with chalk and then gently wipe with a damp cloth to leave the chalk in the writing?

Oh my, last day of Mudmas:( You have me so spoiled! I love this video, you had some wonderful finds! Thanks for sharing!

I can't get over how you both reach into the nettle! My hands and forearms itch and sting just watching.

It looks so nice out. So sunny. In the middle of winter here, it's beautiful, that little bit of sunshine.

I used to keep my buttons in a canning jar. They were not old, but I would take them off of old cloths, and save them for other projects. Please keep us up to date about the slate, when you do get more information. Love all the little items you find, and you have fun along the way.

The small slate is one of my favorite finds of yours ever. How amazing and personal and potentially very traceable. I love it. To help reveal what is written, try a rubbing just as you would to reveal what is written on an old gravestone. Lots of tips on that through Google. Sometimes oblique lighting works, which is just a matter of finding the right angle with a flashlight (torch to you), best done in a room that is minimally lit so you have contrast. Oh, one more potential tool. Magnification can also sometimes be very useful. A proper magnifying glass or, even better, a loupe and good light. All of the above are non-destructive, so play around with it for what works best. As a general rule, applying anything directly to the item is best avoided. Please let us know, I can’t be the only one curious 😊

I think a crayon rubbing would work. Lots of great finds! Merry Christmas! Mudmas has been wonderful!

What a beautiful button hoard 😍 Oh lovely find with the slate. Please keep us updated with what you find out 😊 Thank you for sharing 😊

thank you! i find your willingness to embrace the imperfect and the broken to be quite healing

Merry Christmas and Thank you for a wonderful year of awesome videos❤️🇨🇦

Looking forward to future research! Amazing!

How very cool! What great finds. That green bottle looks like a Southern belle skirt waist!! Looking forward to tomorrow

Lovely little finds, the slate is fascinating, hope you find its origin. Have a lovely day tomorrow delightful people. x

Love the dig! So many fun treasures. I would love to be with you but Minnesota is too far away!! Merry Christmas and Happy New year!

Very interesting slate! Wonderful finds 👏 ❤️ I enjoyed watching this 😀 thanks so much. 😊

Always good to do a lead test with items you find and plan to cook in. Tests are easy to buy at paint stores.

I am amazed at the slate.Think you became the Button Queen.That tiny tiny heart bottle. Good trip.

How much fun will that be using an old mold. Can't wait to see. I enjoy all your video's thank you so much for sharing. Hugs Nola

Aloha Ladies! Happy Christmas Eve, "Eve"! That Dump is very intriguing! I love that little 💜 shaped bottle! I wonder how it stood upright?

I love this family. Thank you for sharing with us, thank you for your enthusiasm and your good hearts.

Some people here spread shaving cream on old tombstones and wipe with a flat edge so what's left is in the imprints...maybe it will work even though letters are rather shallow. Great finds ladies!

Nice finds! Perhaps rub chalk over the board and quickly letting the chalk fall into cracks and wipe off the surface, might work ! The green bottle, you could roll it on clay and make that design transfer.

Any white powder on the writing board should help you see it...good luck with it.. Hope you all had a lovely christmas

Hi ladies. I live in Maidstone and my oldest children in the 1990's went to an old Victorian style school called 'All saint's school' on Priory Rd and Old Tovil rd is one of the roads off of Sheal's Crescent that passes the old school. Not sure if that helps. I am sure that the building is no longer a school happy hunting xx and Merry Christmas to all the family xx

They probably burnt clothing and the buttons fell away. Awesome finds. :)

My mom used to have a button hoard and she kept them in a tin can. That way we always had a possible match should we loose a button off of our clothes. The orange/red round item might be a knob for a radio (?) instead of a bottle stopper. I used to do slate etching as an art form. When I needed to see scribed marks clearer rubbing talc powder on it brought out the scratched marks clearly. So try putting a generous amount of talc powder on it then wipe off the excess. Maybe even tamp it down lightly before wiping. Baby powder would work nicely but any talc powder that is not plant based should work. The ink will help make the talc powder stand out nicely so do not remove it.

Rub with white paint 🎨 washable paint that should work magic for you!!!! Happy holidays ☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻☃️☃️☃️☃️⛄️⛄️⛄️⛄️⛄️🌨🌨🌨🌨❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

thank you for making these wonderful films,. I am loving them

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thank you for making this strange year so much better with you videos. Love to you and yours from Minnestota.

Thankyou so much for showing us everything.

Am I the only one thinking of Apple Pies now ? How do you ladies keep yourselves so reserved while at the dump ? My pile would at least be three feet high by just as wide ! Not, something I'm proud of now that I say it . Great video , thanks .

There is an Old Tovil Road in Maidstone

Amazing little peace of slate it was in the shape of a house.I hope you find out more when covid gets lost.stay safe..V...

Can't wait till you find out about the slate! That is so dear!♡X

That slate is amazing!! What an extraordinary find! I’m looking forward to the coming video on that! I just love your channel! Merry Christmas from Michigan!

How mad is that my dad comes from tovil road maidstone! Happy Christmas to you all

I have so enjoyed your Mudmas programs. Great stories/ poetry/history, crafts and I can’t wait to see the gingerbread in that elegant mold.

Thanks for thinking ahead! Love all your videos, especially buttons!!, crafts, and round ups! Happy Holidays! AZ USA

Amazing find. Can't wait until you find the girl and history

Wonderful finds Ladies. The slate is fascinating, please let us know if you find any information. I loved watching Kate find all those buttons, the black glass ones are always a favourite. Am so looking forward to tomorrows video! 😀🎄🎅⛄ x

Thank you and Merry Christmas ❤️🇨🇦☮️🎄

Thank you for sharing your adventures. Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to all your family.

Mudmas has been a fine journey, thank you for sharing all of your adventures. You've made some very fine memories while finding delightful treasures, and made many more treasures too. I hope you eventually find out more about the slate. A dusting of baking powder in the cracks should help bring out the letters, while not gumming up or injuring the slate. I'm so looking forward to your mold to see how things turn out. I anticipate that it will turn out lovely. Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!

Hope you let us in on your gingerbread baking. I am very curious. Have a Merry Christmas with your family.

I’ve always wanted to go To an old bottle dump and dig up bottles but I live all the way in Alabama so it’s hard to find them I love y’all y’all make my dream feel real

such cool finds! love the tiny tiny bottle 😀 merry christmas to you!

Maybe dust it with talcum powder or corn starch and wipe it off with a dry cloth? So it lights up the cracks

Beautiful glass button! And I LOVE that jelly mold! So excited for the gingerbread 🎄

Woohoo, gingerbread! Yummy! I adore the green bottle, so Christmassy! Someone threw away Nanny's button box and left Kate a button bonanza!🎄💖

Wishing you and yours a merry and safe Christmas from Australia. Thank you for the lovely videos and endless hours of enjoyment

thanks, great fun.

When you turn the slate just right in the light.....it looks like it says Bell Mill

Was a nice day at the dump again and so many buttons. Amazing how they all get there. Thank you for your video and looking forward to the gingerbread.

Corn starch rubbed on should help you to bring out the words on the slate good luck 👍🏻💕

Merry Christmas to you both and your family. That little piece of slate is awesome

Amazing as always! I can't wait to watch tomorrow night when I get home from work!

Have a very happy holiday safe one stay healthy

Maybe try sprinkling flour onto the black board perhaps damp the board, then lightly wipe off the surface leaving flour in indents might work x

Belle vue tovid Road wow how exciting

That thin glass heart bottle is my favorite hands down. Exciting but nerve-wracking watching you handling it lol

Oh the apple orchard dump is lovely!! Congrats on your amazing finds!!

A lot of great finds, I would like to wish you and your family the merriest of Christmas and a very blessed new year for everyone......:)

Happy mudmas to you all

Your finds were amazing! Your Video was amazing! Amazing!

Oh for goodness sake girls, do you not see my finger coming through the screen to point at this or hear me say “what’s that? Look over there!” 😂 I could have sworn I saw a pipe bowl at one point. Oh well there for next time I suppose. Can I ask please... Do you ever go somewhere looking for a dump and don’t actually find one there? I’ve looked in a couple of locations that I thought likely recently and only found a modern milk bottle from Greater Nottingham cooperative society 😔 I would so love to find some lovely buttons, beads (especially mourning beads), pipe bowl and doll parts of course! The slate is absolutely wonderful, what a find! I hope you manage to learn the history of the person who wrote on it.

If you want to read the writing use a black light you can get them off of Amazon really cheap and it shows up all sorts of stuff Love the blog keep it up

Fleur. You always seem to find the nettle patch!😂

Strung buttons make excellent arms and legs for figures.

The chain you found is a toilet chain pull for an old fashioned high cistern loo. The buttons might from a burnt rag pile or if a family member had a disease and they had to burn the clothing. It happened with contagious diseases like scarlet fever

As Jo Metcalf said in the comment section, "There's an (Old Tovil Rd in Maidstone) and I was thinking that is what was written, so I scouted the comments for anything similar and Bingo ! Love the headless vegetarian couple. : ) Glad you rescued them from the muck. You could photograph them with different fresh veggies in place of their heads, such as celery, green onions or some colorful lettuce.. Could be really fun. They look like they have a good sense of humor. Would make for some quirky greeting cards, appropriate for many occasions if blank inside and frameable too. Thanks for all the extra time you've no doubt spent editing and posting the Mudmas series for us, Ladies. You've gone and spoiled us. We're worth it. Right? : )

Always love your videos! Thank you for sharing. MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄☃️🎅🎄☃️🎅

Love your accent! New subscriber and very nice finds! Merry Christmas

Maybe some chalk rubbed over it so the letters show up or even paint brush the chalk over it. 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️🎄🎄🎄☃️☃️☃️🌟🌟🌟

Hi lovely ladies, try lightly rubbing over with chalk so the lines stand out. It's Christmas Eve here in Australia so Merry Christmas and please let it be a much happier New Year , stay safe everyone in the world peace be with you. Much love Sue Gosling Adelaide south Australia

Love seeing your finds. Especially enjoy all your nature shots, such lovely fungi and flowers.

Happy Christmas to you all stay safe and healthy.

I can't wait to find out the history from the slate you find! 😃

My grandmother saved buttons off of all the clothes that went into the rag bag and reused them for sewing projects. She kept the buttons in a quart Mason jar. Maybe someone's button jar got thrown into the dump?

Perhaps it was someone’s button box that was just taken to the dump and burned. It’s so sad. I have collected button boxes and jars for a long time. Whole lives can be imagined from the contents of a button box. Often there are children’s baby teeth with the buttons, a mother’s treasured memory.

Hi Ladies There is a Beatrice S Macey born in 1891 in Kent. Could be your person. Merry Christmas and may 2021 bring you a safe and healthy world with lots of amazing finds. Wendy Australia xx

Love the little carved slate the best , but lots of interesting pieces xx

ok heres an idea... take a pen lite and shine it across the surface from the edges of the slate so the light comes across the face of the slate you should be able to make out whats on it.... yoy can also do this with coins to see the details across the surface ..

Hi Team K&C, maybe Gail from the Northerns would make you a silver shaker lid for that stunning green bottle...be a shame not to use it?! :) I am rather desperate to hear the history of the little house slate, as my Mum was a Girl from Kent; Sevenoaks in fact so very close to Maidstone and I have been lucky enough to see the house she was literally born in. Such a beautiful area you all live in. My extended family are in Leigh, wish I'd had more time there and will one day again! So glad to see Oscar in the Videos and I'll keep commenting on that - so that KZfaq can 'Jam it up their Jaxsy! ' LOL :) With Love from Melbourne, Australia! x

What great finds some of the bottles were beautiful and the buttons were lovely

The black faceted button is Tudor!

I love the green little bottle. I see a Christmas tree too!

You'll never have to buy buttons again lol Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🐾😻🥰🤶🎅

To see the letters on the slate better try shining a torch to the side it should show up better . They do this on old gravestones to make out the lettering .

Merry Christmas 🎅🏻🤶🏻🎁🎄🎶✨💝

Oh I have missed you guys so much!!! My phone broke, so almost three weeks without one!!! Oh l love my bonfire glass and especially the little head!!! What type of paint do I use to color it?? I am excited to see where the child's slate, takes us too!!!! God bless you're family this Christmas ☃️🎄

Merry Christmas to everyone!

The slate is amazing and intriguing! I do hope you are able to figure out the address and search for this person/descendants! Please keep us apprised!! Merry Christmas with best wishes for a healthy and safe new year! NYC

Thats an amazing find, wonder who wrote it...Hope you can find out from the comment section..👍🎇🎊🎉🎀🎄🎄🎄🛍️🖐️

The slate is really fascinating it would be amazing if you could find out any more history of who they were, looking forward to the gingerbread xx