Mudlarking the River Medway - Finding the objects left behind over 100 years ago (September 2021)

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2 жыл бұрын

Join me on the River Medway where I am in search of the objects left behind by forgotten Naval Officers well over a century ago. Old bottles for remedies and cures, favourite drinks, ink pots and clay pipes erode from the mud and tell us so much about what these men enjoyed once upon a time. Now all that remains are these fragments of history and we can imagine who once held them, ate their dinner off of them and had the wide variety of bottles on the table in front of them. Mudlarking can really get your imagination going!
In this bottle I make reference to a website called baybottles.com/ where I found some great info on Sloan's Liniment. It's a fab website so do look it up!
Thank you to David Nolan my Medway adventure companion!
Thank you for watching. Comments and feedback welcome and ID on finds of course.
If you would like donate to a small amount to my kofi account - then the site is here:-
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Take care and see you soon!
Nicola
Nicola White
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@marthaharris6064 8 күн бұрын

Those baby ducklings with momma duck are so sweet. Every time you show them in your videos it just gets my heart❤

@motaman8074 2 жыл бұрын

Jacqueline Ralph: " so that's where my special wood plank has gone. Thanks Nicola!"

@donnat3744 2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣

@murraysaunder9210 2 жыл бұрын

My guess is that it was her parking spot at a school or office.

@pandamonium7371 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@donnat3744 2 жыл бұрын

😅

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Haha this comment is making me chuckle each time I see it

@peggyreid6836 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Nicola, I simply adore all your finds. Must tell you a little story about Sloan's liniment. Being raised on a farm with all sorts of animals, my dad always had Sloan's, just in case a horse or cow (or mule) got a limp. It seemed to ease their pain while walking. Once I dropped from a rather high tree branch in our backyard and sprained my ankle quite badly. My mum rubbed the Sloan's liniment on my ankle and it helped somewhat. A lot like arthritis ointments work today. It took several days for the swelling to go down and being a somewhat dramatic child I limped around more than I should just wanting attention and the warming effects of the liniment. When I read it was " good for man and beast" I was miraculously cured because I was neither a MAN nor a BEAST. Anyway, I continued to be rambunctious throughout my youth and that was the first of many misadventures. I do so love Mudlarking and hearing the recap or roundup stories. Greeting from the U.S.A.

@brandyjean7015 2 жыл бұрын

I've used Sloan's in my youth as well. If it's good for the horse, it's good for me too!

@rockreader4298 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your story, Peggy. Sounds much like my child-hood. I split my time between tree climbing, fort building, adventuring in the woods and playing the role of a secretary or finely gowned (very young) Lady of the manor. : )

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Peggy! This is such a lovely story. I love it. Thank you so much for sharing it. it did make me laugh so much. I think lots of people have enjoyed it. Im so glad you enjoy the mudlarking and history. Nicola ❤️

@RMBlake007 2 жыл бұрын

"I was neither MAN nor BEAST!!" Great story - thank-you Peggy. Greetings from Colorado!

@chrisberry9017 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful account! Thank you so much for sharing your childhood memory!

@aengusmacnaughton1375 2 жыл бұрын

Love to watch you mudlarking -- but also love the shots of thriving nature all around you -- and hear the birdsong. So despite the plethora of human artifacts (polite term for trash and all things thrown away) nature is not thwarted. “Life, uh, finds a way.” -Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dana! x

@goonerali3547 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh yeah, Love to watch you mudlarking - and also enjoy the shots of thriving nature all around you - and to hear the birdsong. So despite the plethora of human artifacts (polite term for rubbish and all things discarded) nature is not thwarted. "Oh, Bollo." - Man on toilet in Jurassic Park

@chrisberry9017 Жыл бұрын

Nature’s generosity and ability to bring the world back into balance, never ceases to amaze me!

@derekwalters4980 2 жыл бұрын

As always I enjoy your wildlife photography almost as much as your mudlarking! I think the swans at this location recognize you. The small white bird looking for bugs in the mud, actually looked like it was dancing, it just brought a smile to my face and made me feel so happy, it looked like pure joy!

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Derek. Yes, I think you are right. The swans seem very good at recognising people x

@matthewspencer5086 2 жыл бұрын

The Sloan's Liniment bottle reminded me of Spike Milligan: while he was serving with the Royal Artillery in North Africa during WW2, his battery commander and one of the sergeants went fishing in the sea with hand-grenades and up floated a hammer-head shark. This was brought ashore and duly fried on a griddle, making an appetizing smell, which prompted Gunner Milligan to bargain for a portion. His verdict on eating it, though, was that to duplicate the taste of hammer-head shark one should just boil some old newspapers which had been soaked in Sloan's liniment.

@jimmyrustler8983 2 жыл бұрын

I can attest to that. Sharks and rays pee through their skin essentially, so you have to soak them in fresh water overnight to purge them before cooking. Love any Spike Milligan based anecdotes too 👍

@matthewspencer5086 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyrustler8983 It's nice to know why it was so awful! They might not have had all that much fresh water anyway, but I expect that they just didn't know.

@jimmyrustler8983 2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewspencer5086 I wish I knew when I first tried some stingray. 🤢

@andrewnorrie3809 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyrustler8983 He told a good story with Harry Secom about losing a gun over a cliff and asking for it back .

@iriswaterford8881 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyrustler8983 it explains why Dad told us that shark meat had to be treat or it would taste like ammonia. Only ever tasted a bad piece. I like flake (shark).

@chrispower8362 2 жыл бұрын

The fleur de lis is a pub down Gillingham Road in Gillingham and its still open.

@clockwork9827 2 жыл бұрын

solid

@opheliagrove666 2 жыл бұрын

I like to see the wildlife peacefully going about their lives , looks like a haven for them

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

yes, they are so happy there!

@mikes5637 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolawhitemudlark kudos for leaving the little ecosystem in the gin bottle undisturbed.

@janzienkiewicz5295 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Nicola, my wife believes than the glass object with SI written on it actually reads SO which is the crown Stationary office. We love your videos and are inspired to go out and have a lark of our own 😁So thank you Nicola👌

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much to you and your wife! And good luck with the larking. I hope you find something excellent!

@christinabetts7773 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with that. 40 yrs of being a Civil Servant I dealt the SO before it was closed in the 90's.

@li-ly-li 2 жыл бұрын

Ah that's awesome

@cliffboulton8763 Жыл бұрын

I came to put a comment saying I thought it could be SO on that Ink Bottle and could it be Stationary Office. Found out I've been beaten to it by a year or so but at least it seems I was correct. On the subject of the Macleans Bottle, my Nan lived about 10 - 12 miles away from where you were and, it seemed to me at least, she got through a bottle a week, so maybe that was one of hers. LOL

@stuartwhitta9333 2 жыл бұрын

Its always a pleasure to watch the "First Lady Of The Foreshore" find amazing relics.

@woohoo5473 2 жыл бұрын

The birds are lovely. “Chinina” means “quinine” in Italian. “Voltiana” would be an adjective, perhaps referring to Alessandro Volta, inventor of the electric battery. So, Chinina Voltiana would be the name of the product.

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! x

@dsloop3907 2 жыл бұрын

Chinese Battery?

@andygoldensixties4201 2 жыл бұрын

yes for Chinina (pron. Keenena), but most likely "Voltiana" means "from the city of Volta", that is to say COMO, the town in Lombardy, on the big lake, where Volta lived and made his invention, there are still many shops or enterprises that use the adjective Voltiana- but I cannot find othere informations.

@andygoldensixties4201 2 жыл бұрын

that bottle must have been a drink, not a medicine, quinine has a long history associated to malary in Italy, the production and distribution of quinine was a state monopoly (like tobacco, salt), sold in pills in each and every tobacconist shop, produced in State Owned Military Pharmacological Laboratory in Torino and later Florence, never in Como, that's why I think it was a drink, we still have a soft drink called "Chinotto"

@andygoldensixties4201 2 жыл бұрын

but could even be a COSMETIC, I've found a lot about using Chinino\chinina for Hair or Beard

@lyndalhildebrand7261 2 жыл бұрын

That little toy you found is from a show called The Fimbles-he is Fimbo :) my daughter is almost 20 and LOVED the show she still has all the plus characters from it we bought in 2005. We live in Australia so it was only aired on Foxtel (like cable) we have the DVDs also we got from England and the plush toys ( every character was 25cm-35cm) were a limited amount we bought here at Toyworld. Brings back so many memories 🥰

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you for that! x

@lyndalhildebrand7261 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolawhitemudlark pleasure :)

@karenpaxton 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you spotted this too. My son is 18 and he used to watch it. I still have the soft toys in my attic.

@justdustino1371 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Sloan's Liniment ....their motto was "Good for man or beast!". Their competitor was Gombault's Caustic Balsam. They were both advertised as horse liniments for aching muscles and skin afflictions, like abrasions from bridles and horse tack, but humans used them too. I have a Gombault's I kept cause it is mouth blown and 1880s-1905, I have only found machine made Sloan's, a cork closure from the 1910s, and a screw top from the 1920s. I think Sloan's is still sold in agricultural regions, coincidentally. I am scoping out an 1840s home site looking for a bottle pit to dig and I found something odd on the surface. It is white, glazed porcelain, umbrella shaped, with a knob on top, and a raised ring on the concave bottom. It looks like a miniature lid off a sugar bowl but is only as big around as my thumb. I don't don't know what it is! It was found near a 19th century ceramic button. Either way, awesome finds Nicola! I do love military and naval finds! Edit: Just looked it up! Yep, Sloan's is still sold! Even has a black and white photo of Sloan himself on the bottle! Big 1870s mustache. 😂

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Thanks Dustin. email me a pic of the find and I could put it on twitter to see if I can find out what it is. x

@justdustino1371 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolawhitemudlark I will try later. I am having trouble with this phone, I need a new one! Could that little thing be a lid from a doll's tea set? For a little girl? I think it may be! Either way, once they are through bulldozing out there, I think I will find the bottle pit under the banks of a small brackish water bayou that has narrowed, and begun to fill in from human activity. I have found where the house stood, there is a patio made from early style brick that was covered over with concrete in the 20th century, and gas or water pipe sticking out of the ground next to it. An 1840s site will have some earlier pontiled bottles! 🙂

@jimmyrustler8983 2 жыл бұрын

I got two really nice Ellimans Embrocation for Horses a few weeks ago, very similar product to Sloans, made in Slough in the U.K though 👍

@justdustino1371 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyrustler8983 Whoa! That is a mouth full! I have alot of nice bottles from pits, and the Caustic Balsam for horses came from a pit. The Sloan's I've found were surface finds! Most of what we find here from the UK are the penny inks, and stoneware ale bottles stamped "Grosvenor, Glasgow". Now I do have an oddity I am curious about! It is a small mouth blown, shear lip, clarified bottle. No pink in it from magnesium oxide, so it was clarified with selenium I think! It is a flat, flask-shaped medicine and it has a sun rays embossing over "Compromese de Vichy" or something. Maybe it is French! Came out of a 1890s, 1900s pit.

@jimmyrustler8983 2 жыл бұрын

@@justdustino1371 I've had similar small bottles of that description without any embossing, never seen one of those though, will have to look it up 🤙

@transitionisgreat1 2 жыл бұрын

I love Sundays simply for your videos! As a land locked Canadian, I adore being able to broaden my horizons by seeing what offerings the Thames presents. Thank you for your dedication and hard work in the muck.

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you xx

@donnat3744 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in land locked AB, Canada and concur with you that watching Nicola and her fellow mudlarkers on KZfaq is a joy!🇨🇦

@debbieseidler4733 2 жыл бұрын

Me too Saskatchewan

@danellabarnes-penman1118 2 жыл бұрын

And I sink back down to reality when I hear, “There comes a point, you know, where you can’t take everything!” This cannot be true, can it?

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

ha ha, well - it's hard sometimes to make a choice of what stays and what goes!!

@danellabarnes-penman1118 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolawhitemudlark Thank you for making my Sunday mornings even more enjoyable. You and Si feel almost like Sunday morning brunch friends, by now. ❣️

@JonFrumTheFirst 2 жыл бұрын

Watching Nicole's videos, I've often thought that once each of those bricks with different names on them would make a lovely short garden wall if turned sideways. Of course you'd have to carry a brick home every larking trip for quite a while to build your wall.

@deborahbryant7530 8 ай бұрын

I too love the wild life !!! As a young girl I always watched with my grandfather every Sunday Wild Kingdom & Walt Disney & it was when I was growing up about wild life & nature & I just loved it !!! I used to bird 🐦 watch with my mom when she was alive !!! Enjoyed watching your video Nicola !!! ❤️🙂

@tomfrank9447 2 жыл бұрын

If there should ever be a prize for the mudlarking video with the most atmospheric recordings, then you have a good chance. : -) ... and even if I repeat myself, your animal recordings are really a hit!

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom! Im lucky to have such a wonderfully good lot of animal and bird collaborators around when I am mudlarking :) x

@R-bobo 2 жыл бұрын

I love the river Medway, I was on the TS Arethusa back in the late 60s until May 1974. The area is so full of history and great memories.

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh that sounds interesting. Where was the Arethusa based? x

@davebarrett4644 2 жыл бұрын

The piece of wood could be off a memorial bench, its thick enough to be used a bench or seat.

@karenpaxton 2 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought. Same type text as you see on them.

@drunkdunc8738 2 жыл бұрын

Strange how Si found a bottle with your name on it and you found the ink with Si on it Nicola 😲 Enjoy your G and T , cheers🍻

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

yes, that is very funny! x

@matthewharvey4495 2 жыл бұрын

It looks to me like the chunky bottle might say 'SO'. With the crown, maybe this means Stationary Office?

@thearchitectdiaries5584 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Nicola,Chinina Voltiana could be anti malaria medicine because quinine (chinina in Italian) extract were used as anti malaria .Voltiana could be in reference to Alessandro Volta the famous Italian chemist.Thank you for the videos exciting and interesting always.

@ryno1509 2 жыл бұрын

Or an early form of tonic to go with all those gin bottles

@ruthbond1581 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE ALL THE NATURE FOOTAGE THROUGHOUT YOUR VIDEOS BUT ESPECIALLY LOVE THE LITTLE BIRD DOING HIS HAPPY DANCE. GREAT VIDEO AND FINDS AS ALLWAYS

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ruth. yes, isn't he adorable!

@patjacques5391 2 жыл бұрын

The birds stamp their feet to scare up food from the mud and water.robins here do that to get worms from the ground. Pat from connecticut

@jeanhawken4482 3 ай бұрын

Oh wow the birds are so gorgeous. So are the finds

@ginalou5774 2 жыл бұрын

I love the seagull doing the tippy tappy dance

@tonyhartwell7605 2 жыл бұрын

My Grandma, born in 1916, used to always say we needed some Sloans Linament if ever we had an ache or sprain.

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

and the question is - did it work?! x

@tonyhartwell7605 2 жыл бұрын

I never saw any but she swore by it. I guess it was a big memory for her in her younger years.

@davidstartup3399 2 жыл бұрын

And of course Chatham is where Lord Nelson enlisted in the Navy and where HMS Victory was built !

@bigantplowright5711 2 жыл бұрын

My mother used Sloan's back in the 60's, I can still smell it!

@Pluggit1953 2 жыл бұрын

That inkwell may be from His/Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, the initials looking like SO to me. The HMSO is/was responsible for crown copyright.

@delukxy 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Quite rare too I'd think.

@HTEBARAM 2 жыл бұрын

What a good suggestion. I’ve been searching but haven’t found anything. I too believe it reads S O. I’ll keep looking.

@HTEBARAM 2 жыл бұрын

I did find the logo used by HMSO and it is an exact match to Nicola’s ink well find. I found it on Flickr.

@Pluggit1953 2 жыл бұрын

@@HTEBARAM I hate to steal your thunder, but the mystery was cleared up two days ago. ❤️

@joellenmeek658 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful vlog - the finds and nature were so interesting. On a superficial note - your hair and makeup look lovely in your recap.

@Mudpies 2 жыл бұрын

Loved it Nicola! We are always fascinated by the military finds, so we’re rather jealous of your gorgeous pipe and the metal RMLI 😍. Captured the wildlife of the Medway wonderfully. Nice one

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I've been exploring the Medway for over 15 years and the wildlife there is something I cherish.

@olgamountain9904 2 жыл бұрын

Gin and tonic. Yummmm. I’m drinking one right now. Watching your videos and getting tipsy is my favorite new activity.

@Aengus42 2 жыл бұрын

In my family (South London) if anyone smelled of camphor or eucalyptus from a rub of some kind someone would shout "Blimey? Smells like bleedin' 'orse linament!"... So I think it must've been common to mix up horse & human medicine! At least enough for it to last in the language until the late 1960s.

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

ha ha I love this Les! I can just hear someone saying that in my head now that I've read your comment :) x

@Aengus42 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolawhitemudlark 🤗💜☮️

@kelly623 2 жыл бұрын

Nicola, ty for another wonderful video. I must say, there are not many KZfaq channels that I enjoy the shots of animals, and other wonderful things to capture like you do. Let alone the work you do to bring us all the awesome stories that go with the treasures you find. Ty so much Nicola!❤️ Kelly/Indiana

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Kelly 😘

@sarahsallotmentjourney 2 жыл бұрын

The stopper in the neck was a super sweet find , what do you mean you can’t take everything !! lol lots of lovely gems great video x oh and the character is a fimble

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sarah! A fimble! Im very happy to have found him xx

@sheiladickerson5198 2 жыл бұрын

So good to see you Nicola!!! Love your finds as always, and the history as well!!

@alexcarle8086 2 жыл бұрын

Great history. Love the little medicine and ink bottles.

@kalaysia77 2 жыл бұрын

Another very enjoyable adventure…thank you. 🤩

@therhino1973 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great mudlarking adventure and all the information on your finds. Great video as always ❤️

@rogerdempsey7227 2 жыл бұрын

Great information about your fines 🥰you again stay blessed and your looking great young lady. Hope will have a blessed day with your show 👍🥰🤩❤💘

@thekenneth3486 2 жыл бұрын

Nic, you are splendid. Love to hear about your findings.

@jackiebeans2689 2 жыл бұрын

Love your trips on the Medway!!💕😺😺😺

@DigginWithDeej 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful walk with some amazing finds

@Carolbearce 2 жыл бұрын

I love hearing the history of your finds. You found some amazing items!

@bonnerdebbie 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video, thanks Nicola.

@raeannuria5691 2 жыл бұрын

Another brilliant video!! Thank You!!!

@matthewfocke5360 2 жыл бұрын

A lovely show...Thanks Nicola.

@angelamillard6418 2 жыл бұрын

What a great day! Love watching you every Sunday!

@BigLisaFan 2 жыл бұрын

Left a positive before I even watched the video because I know it is going to be good! Will watch it and leave a comment after work. ❤

@sarapulford5957 2 жыл бұрын

🇬🇧 Same here. Some videos you just know they are going to be good

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Clive xx

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

@@sarapulford5957 Thanks Sara, you're too kind xx

@woogaboogawiththegreenteet8436 2 жыл бұрын

lovely as ever and thank you

@catherinerobilliard7662 2 жыл бұрын

Delightful as always Nicola.

@robquince3076 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Nicola was lovely to meet you at detectival 😊it was great to see your as genuinely nice in person as on your channel ❤️(same can't be said about all you tubers I've met) was a pleasure for me and made my day👍 keep doing what you do❤️👍x

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Rob! It was so brill to meet you too. I wish I had stayed for the second day. How was your luck today. Did you find anything cool? I will definitely come next year. Hugs, Nicola x

@robquince3076 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolawhitemudlark it wasn't great tbh most left at lunch 😳no signals in any of the fields but I can't complain I did get that roman and got to meet you 👍i enjoyed the weekend and will be back👍apparently someone did some digging of the past and found out the farmer had a group digging there for 17 years hence the lack of finds, but I'm happy just to be out there as I love history 👍keep up the great work with your channel you presenting and editing is spot on ❤️x

@barbaravoneitzen7729 2 жыл бұрын

I always look forward to seeing your videos. You find so many cool objects. Love looking at the birds along the shore.

@jaapstroo5760 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, new one! Nice!🤗

@donnat3744 2 жыл бұрын

Another gourgeous and fun lark. I appreciate the clips of music and nature too!!

@johngoodall7097 2 жыл бұрын

Nicola I look forward to your videos on Sundays usually and once again you included a lovely lot of wildlife, the Mallard and her ducklings was particularly poignant and the egret fishing too. I just knew a pipe was in the offing when you zoomed towards so I knew what was coming!!! Great history too XX.🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍

@lois4329 2 жыл бұрын

Along side all the information you are able to share your research skills are fab. The footage of life on the River is beautiful. Thank you so very much.

@missmaryhdream6560 2 жыл бұрын

Good afternoon, wouldn't be a Sunday without you. Brilliant as ever. Lovely finds God bless, shame about the rubbish. Larks song x

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you x

@sharonbeck4523 2 жыл бұрын

I keep forgetting to say thank you for your videos which have taught me so much history and I enjoy your company

@janethollman7894 Жыл бұрын

Slopes liniment was on the shelf in our larder. I was around 5 or 6 thought my dad had got it to grow moustache. I cried as I didn’t want him to grow one. I can remember them all laughing as dad explained it was for his knee.

@americanborn3151 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just fascinated with her videos. So relaxing and educational at the same time. I often Bing watch because I just can't stop at one. Thank you

@0210rokvist 2 жыл бұрын

Love your knowledge and love of nature

@catherinemoore1426 2 жыл бұрын

Great finds today Nicola, I just love that area, the scenery is Brilliant ❤️🇨🇦

@giaatta9303 2 жыл бұрын

Oh loved the duck and ducklings!! Thanks dear Nicola!

@jimedson3853 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely video, thanks

@yvonnepagan9912 2 жыл бұрын

I love, love, love all the bird life you show us! It looks so murky sploshing around in the muddy gloop but then a swan or some sandpipers, or a mother duck with her little babies appear. Just lovely! That Italian sounding named bottle may be two names and the wrong way around to how you mentioned it. Try Googling that. I’ve mentioned that my dad was a buffalo and would get all spruced up, grab his bad with “regalia” of apron, medallions and cuffs, every Sunday evening and go to his lodge meetings. I never saw that he did anything for the community but I do remember having Christmas parties with all his buffalo friends and their families one in particular where Santa arrived over our outdoor bathroom roof. We have a photo of the whole group and, even though I look only about two years old, I sort of remember it, probably from seeing the photo so many times. They were good times. Mum always said “lodge” was just a an excuse for” all his drinking buddies to get to bend their elbows!”

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I love the story about the buffs!

@elizabethlindert8589 2 жыл бұрын

Happy hunting Nic, you lucky duck. Great finds and such a gorgeous spot to do it in. Cheers

@peppiino 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you again ❤️

@chrisberry9017 Жыл бұрын

Nicola! I can feel my vibration and energy rising as I watch your discoveries! Your joy is palpable! Thank you!

@robertosuarez-castro464 2 жыл бұрын

I like this woman; she is very meticulous in giving us very rich information about the objects and their uses in the past. "The little things of the past will be the big things of the future RS-C.”

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Roberto! X

@suebod-fl5zk 3 ай бұрын

I knew exactly what the Sloan bottle was. Very familiar with it here in the states. Enjoy your finds.

@MaryABaker-rd3mm 2 жыл бұрын

I have no knowledge of 99% of the items you finds but I love watching you. Mamma and babies were so sweet. Some of the best things are just taking the time to stop and look around you. Please stay safe and be careful! ❤

@colinfox3445 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 😍

@lesliegoedecke5622 2 жыл бұрын

Another absolutely wonderful video with some beautiful finds! Thank you for taking the time to investigate and explain the history of your finds. I have learned so much!

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Leslie, so glad you enjoyed it xx

@jeffrush3934 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a a great video and great finds this week, I watched it after the Antiques road show and the two sort of went together, learning about our history. Have a good week and see you again soon

@annettefournier9655 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nicola. Hope you enjoyed your detecting outing. I love your wonderful videography. ❤

@helenalderson6608 2 жыл бұрын

I love your historical study of your many finds

@SmallWonda 2 жыл бұрын

Had to give you a thumbs up just for the paddling gull - very comical... Love skylarks, too, our fields around here resound to them in summer despite the intensive farming. Keep safe, Nicola!

@judymcpheron5955 2 жыл бұрын

Nice finda!

@kurtstuchell7036 2 жыл бұрын

Charming video Nicola.

@michellescottcollins7842 2 жыл бұрын

It's so relaxing,it's not Sunday without you,your video are so full of facts , wildlife and beautiful music x

@paultrigger8492 2 жыл бұрын

Hi nicola and what a lovely and very interesting mudlark how interesting the RMLI finds were, love the facts you tell of the items, the glass bottle finds were also very interesting especially the one with a C&V raised on the front really look forward to whatever you find out about it thanks for a lovely video and great viewing look forward to your next , take care my x

@rogernoelsmith7677 2 жыл бұрын

How wonderful Nicola! Makes me homesick, reminding me here in Finland of the fascination of the British coast and in particular of Ainsdale Beach and the Ribble Estuary. Coming across you and your channel is in itself quite a find!

@leonepicton5323 2 жыл бұрын

Ah! Just right ! Thanks for that moment of joy!

@loicmalakoff6728 2 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful 🙏👍👍👍🙏

@rarerecordreporter 2 жыл бұрын

Charming as allways!

@diannehardwick950 2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely morning to enjoy mudlarking. Some interesting finds there. Thanks for sharing.

@susangosling6122 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Nicola 👋, always enjoy your content 😊 the colours of the water,sand,sky,boats ,birds and bird song 🎵 beautiful, how lovely you found relatives to send the bottom of kit bag to, 🎒 I'm sure they were thrilled. Looking forward to more of your great videos. Much love Sue Gosling ❤ Adelaide s.a

@angelajones6487 2 жыл бұрын

Those ducklings....cuteness personified!

@dougalexander7204 2 жыл бұрын

Nicola, you look very lovely today, and as usual the mudlarking adventure was full of interesting finds. Thank you for sharing.

@shawnablake5102 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Love seeing your beautiful country

@superbellabeau 2 жыл бұрын

Did I hear you say you can't take everything! I didn't think I would ever hear that from a mudlarker! Lol I love all the pipes especially the order of Buffaloes because it reminds me of the Flintsones! Great mudlarking day out Nicola! 😊❤

@mariemoss2475 2 жыл бұрын

Yes definitely do a video on your Mystery Finds... Can't wait 😊👍💕💕💕💕

@glennaw1547 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful pipe. You often find really unusual and beautiful items. Also, the wildlife seem to “flock” to you. The birds are stunning.

@lorenpriest7604 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't been watching for a while. It's nice to see you're doing well and still at it. You're very down to earth and I love what you do and how you go about everything!!!

@nicolawhitemudlark 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Loren ❤️