Today, licensed mudlarks explore the wet clay banks of the Thames to find preserved historical treasures revealed at low tide. On average, the London Museum's finds liaison officer records about 700 ...

We are on the foreshore of the Thames at low tide in Fulham, right next to Fulham FC's home, Craven Cottage. The water has gone out very quickly and left behind a very dirty secret.

Every low tide, the river’s foreshore surrenders pieces of London’s past. Here’s where — and how — to safely look. ... Secrets of the Thames, at the London Museum Docklands (from April 4).

The Thames: Another tide, another secret Clay pipes, ... There are two types of mudlarker, the professional and the amateur. The pros tend to work the shore on the low tides on weekdays.

Popularised by the Victorians, mudlarking involves going down to the banks of the Thames at low tide and searching for interesting historical objects. Mr Russell, ...

These “mudlarks”— a person who gains a livelihood by searching for iron, coal, old ropes etc. in mud or low tide—routinely scavenged the foreshore of the Thames, making a living by selling ...

The Thames Sailing Barge Match recalls a time when thousands of barges plied the River Thames, ... the barges could be easily settled in the shoreside mud on a low tide for loading or unloading.

Watch the Tides Change from this Thames River Museum Proposal. January 11, 2017. ... and stays dry during periods of low tide, when water levels drop up to eight meters. ...

Mr Russell, who is from Walthamstow in east London and has been mudlarking for seven years, says he "was excited about what might turn up" because "when the tide is super low obviously more of the ...