A Chilling Tale of a Frozen Corpse - Mudlarking the River Thames with Nicola White

[@ginasaling7593]

You say"can you se it?" I say "yeah,yeah, I see it" Then you pick up something next to it!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

ha ha that's funny :) maybe you saw things I missed!

[@YvonneWilson312]

Haha, yes that happens with me too - I see what I think is The Thing but it turns out to be Another Thing!

[@anthonyturton8091]

I think we are all tuned to different frequencies. I am always looking at the rusty iron lumps when she says that.

[@YvonneWilson312]

@@anthonyturton8091 You could be right. I think there is a tendency to see - or think you see - things that interest you more.

[@sherylwheelon9679]

Haha!! I was going to tell her that also! She sure has the eye for her finds!! 😍

[@curtiscalcaterra8890]

The Moonlight here has been bathing the night brightly here in Southern California the past few Nights....so much so that I have metal detected an abandoned property with a home built in the 1920's on it. I have unearthed 148 coins, 2 marbles and a 14k Gold pin with the letters CB upon it. Happy New Year with wishes to all in the U.K. looking for luck in the muck!!!

[@juliet5114]

(sigh😊)Oh Angelo, that was simply magnificent 🙌🏻. Such a calming and restful rendition, and absolutely perfect with your Mum's ending scenery shots. Well done, Sir!!! Thank you, Nicola for braving that foggy, and I'm quite sure, bracing morning on Old Father Thames 😊. I loved your breakfast moment with your swan friend. She looked like she was giving you a few curtsy with her head bobbing. As if to say, "Please Mistress, do you have a bite of bread for a poor starving waif" 😊🤭. Their such beautiful creatures 💞. Please don't fret over producing content for videos, Nicola 👍🏻. We in your KZbin family love just seeing that your doing well health and safety-wise. Whatever with, and whenever you can, just pop on and gives a moment of your beautiful smile and whimsical wit👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. Frozen Charlotte historical information... FABULOUS 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Although in my 20's and 30's I will admit I had a bit of a vain streak, also🙄. "Mustn't muss up my outfit"🤦🏼‍♀️. My mom use to have a saying,"to soon me get old...to late we get smart". Blessings to you, Nicola, for a splendid New Year...and MUCH prosperity to you and your precious family. 😊🤗🤭😘🙋🏼‍♀️.

[@maureenberls1281]

I never feel more Canadian than when someone sings a Leonard Cohen song. His music is truly global in its message. Angelo's rendition is more heartfelt considering what 2020 brought. Your channel just gives such a positive feeling amid the daily grind! Hope you and your family enjoy 2021. Hans

[@cj-cw7wi]

This video was exactly what I wanted today. I'm feeling a bit Dickensian myself. Angelo topped it all off with his lovely rendition of Hallelujah.

[@nance1111]

Angelo! Wonderful voice. Thank you Nicola for sharing your adventures, talents and you son with us.

[@wmrphotography7349]

Has anyone ever told you that you would make a great Children’s Show host? Maybe even a show with your finds would be awesome!!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you. That would be a lot of fun x

[@safarikitty9632]

I agree! It could be a spin-off of 'Where's Waldo?" called "Spot the Find!" LOL!

[@AmericanPatriot-1776]

I think Nicola has found a niche that no one can copy because she has intelligence that most "mudlarking" copycats cannot duplicate.

[@mickdebergerac1143]

@@nicolawhitemudlark Such a good idea!

[@Wh1msicalpickle]

Omg, I thought that 🤣

[@karenpelletier5707]

Wow beautiful rendition of Hallelujah by Angelo! I do hope you find your complete bellamine jug in 2021. Keep hunting, you never know when you will get the find of a lifetime! Happy New Year, stay safe and well, hugs and best wishes from Oregon!xx

[@anthonyturton8091]

Always love the wildlife footage you include. thank you.. If you get stuck some tips on research, equipment and restoration techniques would be welcome from you and Si , best gloves , trowel of the year etc. is that Schrödinger's pipe ? both complete and broken at the same time ? Happy new year to all

[@skrimper]

Lol Schrodinger's Pipe is perfect

[@marilynfranks8995]

In reading stories about the former days of the Thames, it is amazing to me how the water has returned to health and such beauty. Loved the story of Frozen Charlotte and watching you pick up all your treasures. Your son is very talented! Blessings for the new year Nicola!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you x

[@therevster9828]

Allways puts a smile on my face when i watch ur vlogs thnx.

[@artieash6671]

I could watch one of these everyday, here in landlocked Massachusetts... interesting, soothing, environmentally friendly... in a world gone mad.

[@scottishmudlarking]

Oh we love a Frozen Charlotte! We have ours displayed in shadow frames (not all our finds and some are from the Thames, but they do look lovely and a bit creepy together!) - we just used blu tac so they are not permanently glued. Isn't it funny how the Charcoal toothpaste came back as an ingredient in recent shampoos, toothpastes and brioche bread? I always wonder what the Cherry (pit) toothpaste would have tasted like .... Happy New Year and hopefully things will get better by Spring... Nicole and Craig x

[@catepearce2138]

Thank you Nicola for taking us on your excursions full of history and fun, take care and stay safe in 2021.😁👍

[@tonygiraldes7848]

Happy New Year! 🎆 Hope yours is just the greatest ❤️

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Tony! x

[@yarnycat_crochet]

Your son is very handsome and talented! I’m watching this almost a year later 😊 thank you for sharing 😊

[@robertabessey7990]

That's absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing. Bless you and yours!!!

[@JanVafa]

Anything that you put out is wonderful! You have an artists eye for scenes and a wonderfully soothing voice! Oh my have to add I love whenever your son is a guest on your channel! He too is very talented!

[@mariamceuen4700]

Hello Nicola. Your son is amazing! I hope this year is peaceful and prosperous for you. 🥰🥰🥰

[@mkivy]

Ex went job sir...what a beautiful voice and just one of my favorite songs....

[@billcotton1551]

Happy New Year Nicola! You are very close to 100k subs! Congrats! Angelo's rendition was great with the footage.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you

[@juliepaton1456]

I would like to say thankyou so much for your last video, in it was a piece of Pottery with honey on, well this is my story of that scene I saw with you. One night over Christmas I saw a picture on my fb, n it brought bad memories for me,(from childhood), a nightmare came when I went to sleep woke up not feeling good, I prayed that it would go out of my mind. I got to sleep again I dreamt of your honey house, it was like a story beening played in my head, my family was the owners of this factory I don't recall what we made there I just remember sitting on the steps watching people in London walk by, anyway due to you n si my unhappy memories are not happy because of u 2. God works in us even when we don't know it, because of that video he made it a sweet memory for me. So thankyou n si for the help you give us with your video,s . Happy new year, let's get some more great finds for 2021. Jules

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Hi Jules, Thank you for your comment and Im so pleased that the small fragment with honey on it made its way into your dreams and you had a good sleep. Sending you love and many wishes for a very happy new year. Nicola xx

[@amandabell8827]

Great video Nicola! I hope you never stop finding pipes, I wouldn't know anything about them if not for you. I didn't realise you played the guitar, that must be where your gorgeous boy gets it from. Happy new year 😀 x

[@carolinewithers1647]

A lovely video today. Angelo's song was just wonderful. A healthy, happy, hopeful year for you too.

[@cynthiamallinak4513]

I was so impressed with your sons singing! I knew he was in a rock band, but that doesn’t always equate with a great voice, but WOW beautiful voice. Thank you so much❤️ Happy New Year.

[@filipematias5127]

The "Victoria" piece seems to refer to Victoria Station

[@cindyseverson9876]

Oh my that song is so,powerful! He has a wonderful voice! Thank fir all of the work you have done over he year to bring us these videos! Happy New Year!

[@rogerdempsey7227]

Yes great song enjoy it and you have a blessed day and new year for you and your son awesome 👍🙏👍❤🌟

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you x

[@paulpowell4112]

Happy New Year Nicola & to your talented son Angelo bravo...~} Peace be found by All this new year!

[@amandabell8827]

Beautiful rendition Angelo! 😀 x

[@ricknelson576]

Thank Nicola some great finds, Happy New Year. P.S. your son has a great voice.Stay safe.

[@leonardhay147]

Nicola I hope you find some Trojan Gold in 2021 Good Luck

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

yes me too!! here's hoping xx

[@arrangrant6037]

I seem to remember that Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were Members of the Order of the Buffaloes👍😎 Happy New Year thanks for all the great videos this past year👍

[@vyvienvp3413]

Bless you Nicola. Health, wealth and happiness in 2o21.

[@rondihartert3610]

Happy New Year Nicola! You have a talented son! I guess it runs in the family.

[@gccurry1]

I think I saw a button & pipe bowl in the puddle where you cleaned the brass escutcheon. Here's to a better year.

[@ruthwalton3457]

I love the ladder 😆

[@janicepowell6066]

Angelo is awesome!!!!!

[@julielumsden5184]

Great vid with a story as well I’ve heard the poem about frozen Charlotte. Strange that it would be a toy I doubt if parents would allow a frozen Charlotte today. Love your hat did someone make it for you? A perfect ending the right song and amazing scenery, pass on my appreciation and thanks to your son .

[@valeriewright643]

love and happy new year to you too. x x x

[@p.d.nickthielen6600]

Best wishes to you on the new year and wish you all the best from Minneapolis Minnesota USA hope to someday see the for shore in person.

[@alexmurdoch1391]

I'd love to see a timelapse of the blackened clay pipes fading.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Me too but I don't know how to do it!

[@rachelthompson9324]

I do that song as well. Your son does it like Buckley ,same tuning. Love the mid century modern chair and space ship lava lamb

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Rachel! Id love to hear your version too. x

[@rachelthompson9324]

@@nicolawhitemudlark I don't sing nearly as well. Your son and you have lovely voices. Thanks for that song, very nice!

[@SanIgnacioBCS]

Would love to watch you make your glass fishes, placing each piece to create the whole.

[@Fees-Shed]

My goodness it must be cold, you’re wearing gloves 🧤 Shock, Horror! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

I was trying to look at the beautiful view but she was BEHIND the camera ❤️👍

[@zanneBC]

HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and yours

[@mishellehardy9556]

My mom and I both had covid in October and it sucks,it did a real number on my lungs,not that they were all that great to begin with but I will keep going

[@smokeless7774]

20.35 Over your shoulder even the Martian tripod was listening quietly and not running amok with heat ray and black smoke!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

ha ha - yes you're right about the martian tripod!

[@Betharoot]

The little piece of pottery between the pipe bowl and paste pot is a bible verse. "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he shall not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

[@mariemoss2475]

Every pipe you find now you will have to guess what it is before digging it out...... How many can you guess right.? 😊💕💕💕💕

[@messingaround1439]

If you're running low video mudlarking on the river, why don't you make some videos about your creative process? I'd love to see more of the art you do with your finds. Or basically any art you make. I love watching people make things and I'm always interested in hearing what they think about as they do it.

[@ducttapedigger7811]

Seems to me you can go out on the Thames and find a plethora of relics any day of the year. Just have to have the eye. Am I spot on or is it more difficult than that?

[@EricWoodyVariety59]

i would love to find a clay pipe bowl and stem complete. I have found stems but no pipe bowls.

[@thegingerwitch322]

Happy New Year from someone else in Tier 4 :(

[@christopherlawley1842]

Arguably the bottom of the "frozen Charlotte" isn't missing

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

haha that has just made me laugh a lot. No you're right it certainly isn't :) Thank you!

[@Ms.W529]

You are the pipe whisperer.

[@suraj9182]

The piece of metal is a figure of Jalaram Bapa, a Hindu saint!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Suraj!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you for your comments everyone and for complimenting my son Angelo on his cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah at the end. If you would like to hear him singing it with way better acoustics than my sitting room (!) then here is the professional video with his band: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWWmnoeZm96bldE

[@lindamon5101]

Now i want pink m😂🎨🦵🦵💗🥿🥿🥾🥾🥿🥿👢👢👢udboots

[@bnanabelle]

I got goosebumps ♥

[@lindamon5101]

Stunning view as usual! Thankyou so much for the wonderful adventures& treasure hunting!

[@nirmen73]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌷🎄🎄🎆🎇🎁🎉🎤🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎤👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@mirkatu3249]

LOVE both versions of Angelo and Collateral singing Hallelujah. I'm patiently waiting until all the covids have left so the band can tour the US!

[@mudlarksincanada9081]

Every time you say “do you see it”? My response is no, no I do not. 😂

[@marthaanderson2656]

wow that is a nifty ladder! Never seen the like. As always a lovely stroll and a good eye training exercise.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Martha x

[@delukxy]

If you get one of those ladders, they're not expensive, watch out for you fingers. Been there and said ouch too often. A couple of blood blisters too!

[@lindakirk698]

Sold by Aldi quite often We have one!

[@brandyrose9997]

Nic, you've made this weird year so much more tolerable and joyous! Thank you, and happy 2021. 🎉💗🕯️

[@thetaoofkim5185]

Happy New Year, Nic! You've graduated to a whole new level of mudlarking...knowing what is on a pipe BEFORE you extract it!! Well done, miss! You are the queen of Thames clay pipes 👊🏾

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

ha ha thank you :) I shall make a crown from the pipes maybe :) x

[@TheDavephillips]

@@nicolawhitemudlark I think that with your pipe collection you could easily make a throne. A Happy and Safe New Year to you and yours.

[@digi6256]

Hello, I absolutely adore Angelo’s rendition of “Hallelujah”. Thank you for bringing us joy over the years and a happy New Year Nicola - with lots of hugs!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Dana! xx

[@kathyastrom1315]

Don’t you just love foggy morning walks along the water? One of my favorite memories is from a family vacation to Maine, when we went to a state park beach on a day with extremely thick fog. Walking on the rocky shore, only able to see about ten feet in front of me, hearing the fog horn from the lighthouse, seeing the blurry dark lumps that were seals on a sandbar just offshore and hearing them bark-it was one of the most evocative moments of my life.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Funny little crow as hungry as he probably was, still took the time to make sure he didn't step in any mud 😁

[@suefeige3531]

Never thought I’d hear the words “let’s cop a feel” from Nicola Whites lips. Lol

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

ha ha sorry!

[@danafredrickson42]

i thought it was cute!

[@LawrenceCurrie]

You know I missed that completely> I'm a guy I usually don't miss things like that !

[@Adam-Gates-Mudlark]

Best wishes Nicola for 2021. Best of luck with your finds for this year!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Adam! And you too xx

[@Beth_D]

'Savouring the not knowing-ness' is my new favourite saying. I'm back to school tomorrow and it will be my response everytime I'm asked how I am... 😊 Happy new year Nic!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Ha ha Thanks Beth. I hope it goes well back at school tomorrow and all the not knowingness xx

[@YvonneWilson312]

I sat an exam in that state! LOL

[@freyastom3886]

I like these melancholic stories and the dancing birds on the Thames - nice combination with the piece of music. Thank you! Happy New Year!

[@Aikidobear129]

Another important lesson to be learned from the Frozen Charlotte tale is never go out with a man that won't lend you his jacket in the cold. A man that considers his comfort over yours isn't worth his salt no matter how wealthy he may be.

[@tonymartin6361]

The pottery shard with Victoria on it shows part of an early train. Early railway carriages were named in the same way as the road carriages they resembled.

[@DjPsYcOtIc]

All the best for 2021!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you! x

[@christineaygin6701]

Healthy happy new year Nicola xx your sons rendition does Leonard Cohen proud ,

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you!! x

[@lisas-w3h]

Hi Nicola from Kentucky so excited for the new year and your “finds”😊

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Lisa x

[@lorrainerichardson3280]

Thank you Nicola for your clips. It's so interesting to go through history with you in the Thames. Maybe through your lockdown you have items that you could research and present the history as you have with items in the past or put photos of items up and get your subscribers to research them as I'm sure people would like a challenge to keep them thinking. May 2021 be a healing year. Here in New Zealand we had 5 weeks of lockdown when covid first arrived and now our borders are closed to a trickle of people who have to go into 2 weeks isolation in specifically identified hotels before they are free to go on to the streets or to other cities and towns. At present we have no covid in the community because of our strict regime, we don't allow in tourists etc but we are free to do whatever we want within the country and we feel safe. I hope you all can be as safe as us in the not too distant future. Take care =-)

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you very much, and that suggestion is very good x

[@lisalorentz7919]

I own one of your beautiful china/ship cards. It's framed and looks lovely in my guest room. I can's wait to collect one of your fish to match! I love to follow your work... carry on! Love from Indy.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Indy! so happy that you like it xx

[@BMAWG1968]

"using my mom's guitar" hmmmn, that implies that Nicola can play a guitar, and we know she can sing, maybe we can see a singling and playing Nicola at some point! Great voice and playing Angelo.

[@anitacarey2389]

... what a great idea!! Go for it Nic!!

[@phillipyannone3195]

I am amazed by how well you get the birds to cooperate, dancing to the music. Beautiful.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

It took me quite a while to train them! They really are divas 😄

[@dannsherstone1037]

Have you and your son every posted a duet? I would love to see that! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you and yours!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

We have! But time for another

[@ericking7406]

Yikes! Nicola is actually wearing gloves! Must be the end of the world!

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Amazing ladder! I wish that I were as adjustable as that!!!! Cheers!!!

[@dudley8671]

*Yes* I can absolutely relate😆Aengus!

[@darrelljohnston8676]

You WILL find the gold coin this year.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Darrell! Can you put that in writing please!! :) xx

[@darrelljohnston8676]

@@nicolawhitemudlark I sent the memo out.

[@lauraoneill937]

Love Angelo’s voice! So beautiful. You were also great on stage with Jon Bon Jovi’s band. A talented family. Thanks for making 2020 so much more bearable with your lovely videos. I find them so relaxing and mindful to watch as well as finding them fascinating 😀

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Laura! X

[@1d1ane]

- nothing says New Year like a frozen corpse. Great rendition too, Angelo. 'Til Then, Best, S

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

ha ha - thanks Steven! xx

[@eily_b]

I listen to too much true crime podcasts. I expected a real frozen corpse... 🥴

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Sorry Eily!! I hope you're relieved

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

A Very Fine rendition Angelo, on your Mom's Ovation! What a Lovely New Years Tideline Vid! Everything from Swans to Angelo! Treasures in between filled with history. Your videos and Family are Greatly Appreciated! I wish all of you Love, Abundance, Joy of Spirit and All your Wishes! And Angelo, as a musician/guitar player and hearing many many versions of this song, you are definitely one of my favorites, top five I'd say! It is a great song and over done a bit perhaps. So when it's done it must be done well and to you I say Bravo! All of you make the world better with your art and caring! So from Pennsylvania, this is DaveyJO and Many Blessings for 2021! 2020 gave us vision and now in this new year we can see the Light within and in all things.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you! xx

[@jodivandyk3649]

Beautiful rendition of Hallelujah! Well done, Angelo! Leonard Cohen is more than a bit of a proud Canadian icon here in Canada.

[@ladyannet1]

All the best wishes and finds for 2021 💕😁

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you! x

[@kristineregehr1781]

Now I'm wondering if the RAOB gentlemen cultivated big handlebar moustaches like the buffalo horns. Love the mix of upbeat and contemplative in your work, Nic.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Kristine!

[@Victoria_VO]

Can’t help but favorite the “Victoria “ shard!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

I wonder why! 😄😘

[@elizabethharttley4073]

I wandered off to read about those dollies, found out about them being baked in birthday cakes. From Germany to Great Britain. 1850-1920 They're also babies baked into a three kings cake for Mardi Gras/Epiphany festival. 2,000 years It's always an adventure to see what you claim from the riverbank. Thank you both for the sweet tune. Peace

[@tinakercher8768]

I kept thinking I was seeing things like a spoon, an orb and perhaps some false teeth? I really enjoyed hearing your son.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Tina! x

[@martinwintle6682]

I thought I saw a spoon too!

[@Onlygloo]

Each time you upload a vid makes me happy. I don't know exactly how to formulate it but it feeds so well my appetite for travelling a foreign country made of dreams and populated by many tiny pieces of imagination. You're so british at heart ! That's a real pleasure to follow your journey along this iconic river and I thank you for being so sensitive and passionate about such insignifiant leftovers ; thank you for seing things not so many people these days are still able to see and feel. I wish you a great year of findings ! (Hope my diatribe makes sense... you know... I'm French... ;o))

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you David! J'aime beaucoup ce que vous avez ecrit. x

[@sandraford4235]

I’m always amazed you find shards with a whole name or a little scene broken in the right places x

[@chrisberry9017]

It’s as if they were meant, knowing that Nicola will appreciate their full significance.

[@richardwarnock2789]

13:25 is that a pipe stem with bowel above your glove and Masonic bowel you just picked up just Curious Nicola !!!; )

[@ZeroDiscrimination]

Yet another incredible video! I love the little Charlotte dolls. I find ceramic little dolls similar to those when dump digging and metal detecting from time to time. Chilling and fascinating history behind them! Thanks for sharing that! Your son is super talented just like you! Happy New Year and happy larking! ~ Gypsy

[@bathshuaspooner8553]

The frozen Charlotte story reminds of going to prom in a little tulle gown. It was May and snowing in Maine. My mother kept trying to push a winter coat on me. Of course, I refused as I wished for people only to see me as a vision in purple tulle. By the time we walked into the venue my fingers matched my dress..

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Are you sure your name isn't Charlotte!? Im glad you didn't freeze! :) x

[@Emma-si5bs]

James liked all your finds but especially the stretchy Spider-Man because he has one of them 😂 Thank you for sharing your adventure with us xx

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

ha ha thank you Emma and James. Yes, he now has a home in my studio! xx