Hoo Island Adventure series Part Two - A gruesome find & some historical buttons

Nicola White Tideline Art
April 2018
Hoo Island Adventure series Part Two - A gruesome find & some historical buttons
Join me for part 2 of the Medway Island Adventure series. If you haven't seen part one then you can find it here on my channel, or you can find here at the link below:
• Hoo Island Part I - A...
In this adventure, we discover some buttons with an interesting past and find clay pipes made by a local Kent pipe maker. We continue to find pottery marked with naval insignia.
In this video I refer to a youtube video about roller pigeons and you can find that video here. I highly recommend you watch it!
• Re: Wholly Rollers are...
I hope you enjoy this adventure part 2.
Part 3 will be here soon.
Thank you for watching.
If you have any info or observations about any of the objects found please do get in touch.
Thank you.
Nicola
Thank you to Mr John Weir from the Northern Roller Club for the info on rolling pigeons.
Nicola White
www.tidelineart.com

[@traceybradshaw]

I love seeing you totally unafraid to get into the mud, cleaning things on your jeans and even picking up pigeon legs. I’m always grimy after a day of junk hunting then soaking it away in a nice long hot bath. I can’t say enough how hooked I am on mudlarking, especially considering I didn’t even know what it was 2 weeks or so ago.

[@Jessasaurus]

I think what I love most about you is your love of learning! My most favorite part of relic hunting is uncovering the stories and I wanted to thank you for sharing yours with us.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Jessica. Yes, it's so fascinating learning and researching. I do enjoy that. it really is history you can touch.

[@thomaslevy2119]

My grandfather raised racing pigeons in Brooklyn, New York on the roof of his row house. All the "coo-cooing" they made constantly was either a pleasant sound or could drive someone insane. It always amazed me as a child that the birds would come back to the pigeon coop after their flights and not fly away somewhere else.

[@sandybuchart6017]

I almost peed myself 🤣 when you talked about that pipe ! Stay safe 🙏

[@caledgerton]

Thanks, Nicola, from the USA. I appreciate the history and your curiosity for the unusual, and your art.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you!

[@charlesperez9976]

Now,I realize that the RAOB is a fraternal,and therefore,a men-only organization. But,they really need to make you an honorary member! You are a magnet for RAOB pipes!!!!

[@Roland9354]

Listen to the woman with the golden voice. I can't wait for part 3.

[@elpresidente3397]

I have a golden voice but I only use it to get individuals fired when they discriminate me . I feel blessed

[@eelsinkie1]

I love your videos and art Nicola. Thank you for making the effort of documenting your mudlark adventures.

[@priestland1]

Loved the phone call to the pigeon bloke, your telephone manner is endearing and you are so courteous and polite.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Peter! did you notice the bird tweeting in background when they replied!

[@priestland1]

Can’t say I heard the bird, but looking forward to part 3 of your adventures.

[@tectorama]

Thanks for the video Nicola, my wife and I really enjoy watching them.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you very much for watching! Glad you enjoy them. I have a lot of fun making them.

[@tereselapree222]

Poor pigeon. Hawks do love pigeon so. I had a few roller pigeons they were a delight to see flying and flipping in the air!

[@mikerhodes9198]

So interesting and love you take us along for the finds and further to making contact to finish the story. That is active history. Thank you. Can't wait for part 3.

[@deborahbryant7530]

Aww that poor pigeon 😢 !!! Love how there's two forts end to end of each other !!! My daughter & I love forts !!! Nice buffalo 🦬 clay pipes !!! Enjoyed your video Nicola !!! ❤️🙂

[@keithhope5560]

Wonderful video.Very enjoyable.Thank you Nicola.

[@barbpearson9198]

Viewing in the USA! I love that you give a bit of a history lesson on your finds. Very interesting!

[@untbunny]

Part three?! Be still my beating heart. I enjoy the finds and learning from your experience. Thank you again, Nicola.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Rebecca. Will reply to your email soon. x

[@untbunny]

nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art My feed today included a lovely young lady's video who began mudlarking after watching your video. She is quite adorable searching the medway foreshore. She made a few lovely finds as well. Her channel is funNstuffwithelizabeth.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Wow thanks for telling me. I'll give her a shout out! 😊

[@greavste71]

Fantastic video again,I only live around 10 minutes away from the orphanage it's now called the Royal School.My brother was the head groundsman many years ago,I spent many happy hours as a young boy playing in the grounds 😀.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Stephen Greaves how wonderful! What a coincidence

[@randomfox9970]

Stephen Greaves very moving interesting video you should find Victorian artillery shells worth a few quid too I has one from a Victorian 6 inch shell firing gun from coal house fort you should visit it in Tilbury Essex 💪🐺🐾💕👌

[@lindahart305]

Love the knowledge you supply us with. Thankyou♡♡♡

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

my pleasure!

[@emerituse3390]

One of the most wonderful things I've realized, since coming across your channel, is that I always manage to learn something new. Your videos are always true delight. I was somewhat familiar with the roller pigeon from previous nature shows. As far as domesticated pigeons go, they seem to be a rather popular bird. There is actually a recognized breed named the Birmingham Roller that was created in England by selective breeding. I suppose a similar process to that which created specific breeds of dogs. When I was just a child, I came across an ailing pigeon that was banded. This was long before the internet ever existed so researching any information was virtually impossible. I nursed the bird back to health and when I released it, I had attached a tiny little note with my contact information to it's leg. A few weeks later, I received a letter from the bird's owner who was situated nearly 300 miles away from me thanking me for the help. I was amazed to learn just how far pigeons could travel and I was even more amazed that I actually received a response. Just a short story I thought I'd share. A magnificent video as always. Thank you for sharing your adventures and finds. I'm looking forward to part 3. =)

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Wow, that's an amazing story. How wonderful, attaching a note to the pigeon. It's funny, I think im the only person who hadn't heard of roller pigeons. I also learn so much too each time I go out hunting!

[@Paleoman52]

That was so interesting about the pigeon! Thanks for taking your time to find out more! I love your videos!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

I just couldn't give up on that poor pigeon!

[@ThatsViews]

@@nicolawhitemudlark Sometimes pigeons get tired and/or have heart attacks whilst racing. Some are taken by birds of prey. Probably why you only found the leg. We found a very exhausted pigeon in our back garden. He was very, very weak. We gave him water and bird seeds and kept him in the cat's carrying cage overnight. The cat was outraged and our African Grey Parrot and our cockatiel couldn't figure out what was going on. We contacted the owner (via the tag) and he told us that hundreds of pigeons had been released in France to race back to the UK, but that an unexpected storm had swept through the flight, killing them all. Except our brave little pigeon who was 20 miles off course, when he landed in our garden. He was the only one to survive the storm and he was nursed back to health by his keeper. Sadly his 'wife' had already taken up with another pigeon.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

@@ThatsViews hi. Thank you. Yes I hadn't previously realised that pigeon racing can be cruel. I've learned that since this video

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear@@ThatsViews Great story, thanks for sharing. Typical wife behaviour! ;-) :-) Best regards luck health and wisdom.

[@aiferapple1246]

My dad used to have some of those pigeons. We called them Tumbler pigeons. It's such a lovely thing to see x

[@hubby-tubadventures01]

Thanks for sharing a little bit of "local" stuff. I've been fishing off the island before and was once visited by a seal. It came really close. Whiskers on my camera lens. The river is a great place to be especially first thing in the morning.

[@roystewart2296]

Great video, do enjoy the history of the objects that you find

[@paulkazjack]

Used to play on these forts as kids.

[@tiddyc6800]

Another awesome episode Nicola....thank you for taking us through history with you...you Rock!

[@r.p.mayhew3853]

Another wonderful video - thank you so much Nicola!

[@alchik1]

Not only fearless in touching the dirty bits but thinking them as well! ha ha! Another lovely vid! Cheers!

[@Mountlougallops]

My Uncles raised and raced pigeons so I knew of the rollers. Interesting sport. So cool that you pursued the tagging.

[@dougalexander7204]

Edutainment at its best. Stay awesome.

[@Automedon2]

What a great video and what a fantastic person Nicola is.

[@moodyjeep]

First class as always Nicola, Nice to see your partner as well. Barry.

[@YoGhostface]

I think its pretty awesome that you followed up on that pigeon tag and it's owner. Very cool little sub story/adventure.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Jae. There's no way I wouldn't have followed it up!

[@YoGhostface]

nicola white mudlark - Tideline Art and that's why I watch tour vids!✊🏾😊

[@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678]

Thank you what a wonderful video even though I found it a year late. I have a pigeon as an indoor only pet as she was attacked by a hawk & was damaged so badly that she cannot fly. Everyday she exercises her wings. I'm grateful that she's able to do that. She loves her McCaw size enclosure & intimidates the cats. She tells me if she has a problem in her area with different huffing sounds. She talks to the wood pigeons outside that migrate back and forth for the winter. She will sit on my hand but having been a wild pigeon it is all she will do, I believe she wants to make sure I don't think she's like our cockatiels. LOL

[@AmericanWoodlandRelics]

I love seeing the pipes you find.

[@tonyhollifield659]

Love these videos because you show and find out the history of the things you find. Hope you can make more where military things are. I wish I'd done things like this but I worked 2 jobs then got sick and can't do hardly any thing now. So, I'll have to leave it up to you to do my part also.lol

[@jillspringthorpe3273]

Loving the sound of the water

[@colarisaka]

Some of those bottles looked like keepers. Maybe you should take some and clean them up. One looked like a torpedo bottle. Be careful walking on those rusty hulks, you might go through the deck plates. I worked in naval construction for years and we have rusty old derelicts all around, I won't walk on one! Please bring out episode 3 soon. :)

[@grahamhawkins1021]

Thanks Nicola, enjoying this series.

[@irenefitzpatrick6480]

Interesting to find out about the pigeon! ❤

[@kemo36100]

Most enjoyable, nothing to dislike whatsoever

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you very much. You can come again :)

[@laneylanes6660]

Aww poor pigeon. Really enjoyed this video, look forward to part 3 😀

[@thomaslockwood8870]

Thanks for remembering veterans. My father and uncle were in the South Pacific during WW2.

[@billywhyte6693]

Love the way you capture a few moments of 'sand-pipers' wading & running 🙂

[@evildoll7787]

Before I watch... That thumbnail photo is AWESOME. Love our maritime history.

[@mettahuttravels3183]

Thank you, very interesting as usual 🙏🏻💐

[@chuckbixler3570]

What a nice find on the pipes. I’m always amazed that they just threw them away. They have such beautiful detail. Really like that you took the time to call about the loss of the pigeon. Looking forward to part 3. C U Soon 😊

[@runlarryrun77]

Clay pipes are very brittle, they break easily. As such they were intended to be disposable & were thrown away in their hundreds of thousands.

[@beyond1957]

You are a joy, thank you.

[@stevegartman113]

Really enjoy your videos and the length you go to first describe what you've found and then share your research on the items. Those shores are very rich in history, so intriguing and interesting to me. Thanks for sharing. 🙏🏼

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

my pleasure. Thank you for watching.

[@ianlawrie919]

Wow!That was dynamic and diverse, who'd have thought? somersaulting pigeons. Great film

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Ian

[@Jandavis57]

Hi Nicola - I really enjoy your videos. Pls all the back story and excellent research you put into your finds. You are evolving into a great storyteller! Cheers, Jan

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you

[@oldmanhuppiedos]

Again beautiful funds done, your explanation and research. Good that you pass the number of the pigeon.

[@brettsallotmentgarden7501]

Thank you for part two very interesting and informative video x

[@sylvianedubray8011]

Thanks a lot for this nice walk and the explanations about the objects you found. 😊👍👍👍

[@sharonleaderfam4273]

You are the pipe finding queen!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

i do have a good time with the pipes I must admit!!

[@jamiegreen9012]

Very nice of you to call about the pigeon :)

[@jimzello4237]

Thank you so much for your videos. Not just entertaining, but very informative as well. Well Done! JZ

[@zombywoof-0hNo]

What a fabulous video! Loved it.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

thank you!

[@bethpeelar3435]

Thankyou you for doing this series , not only are u learning , but I too am learning and I googled the rolling pigeons

[@anthonybrau439]

Wonderful video Nicola...and enjoyed the information on the pigeons. Amazing how they do somersaults in the air.

[@ZeroDiscrimination]

Wonderful finds as usual. Amazing you were able to track down the pigeon owner! Love the orphanage button! Fascinating history behind it! Thanks for sharing! ~ Gypsy

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Gypsy

[@jimbomayo69]

Great bit of history, traveled all over Europe visiting military sites and museums yet we have so much on our doorstep, well done you for creating your little collection

[@LedgerAndLace]

Somersaulting pigeons?! WOW! THANKS for your meticulous research and for taking us along with you! :-)

[@jaybales3160]

Very interesting discoveries and excellent history of each item. Thank you for sharing and we look forward to your next exploration.

[@delsmithfishing2891]

When you were walking beside of the wreaked ship with the green seaweed on it and the water dripping off , it made me think of Pirates of the Caribbean !!!! Great video , I learned something new about pigeons!!! Looking forward to part 3 !!!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Del!

[@MessOfThings]

Thank you for tge fun and interesting adventures.

[@adamsmith6594]

What a lovely video. Live the format thank you.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Adam

[@tobyward6628]

Too cool, flipping pigeons, Hoo knew.

[@mkhuntstreasure3192]

So interesting, will look at the pigeon video.

[@josie826]

Enjoyed your videos of Hoo Island. I especially enjoyed you giving background information on some of the articles that you found. I love to hear the history of things.

[@margiismith8413]

Another very interesting video , thank you for sharing it with us, allows me to learn along with you about the history not only of the item but the country it’s made in, cheers and here’s to video number 3 coming soon, happy hunting best wishes from Australia👍🏻👏👏💖🇦🇺

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you! part 3 here in a short moment

[@debcattell7059]

Love the 2 parts Hoo Island videos, very interesting and the pottery and clay pipes were fantastic.

[@cameroncampbell7503]

Hello from Scotland. Dear lady, your videos are metamorphorsing into PROGRAMMES! Excellent work. I would have liked to know more about the wrecks too but happy enough to keep on learning about pipes. The gruesome segment was fascinating too :o) Looking forward to programme 3.of the Hoo Island series.

[@SuperJupiter33]

thank you for sharing your journey!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

my pleasure. Thanks for watching

[@darakleinebaumfee5936]

On 6.00 nice bottles ! Like it with the barnacles.

[@Gary_Daytona]

Wonderful video and research Nicola, really enjoying the Hoo series. Good luck with the finds.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Gary

[@w762nato6]

Tumblers and Rollers great fun to watch!

[@sandmanjono1239]

Nicola - thanks again for another great video part ii was great Thank you 😊

[@sametoyoutoo8509]

Love it!! So excited for part 3! Thank you !!!! Stay safe kayaking about x

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Clare

[@diggitallindadirt3283]

Another great video and history lessons too

[@lynnegulbrand4052]

Just watched the wholly roller pigeons on YT and they are amazing birds. Another interesting video, keep them coming.

[@danweiss1371]

That was a very informative video. Sad about the little pigeon. But I guess the Pigeon Hawk have to eat to! The muck you were walking in looked very nasty. You’re brave girl. Keep up the good work. We love you in the thumb of Michigan.

[@annahasty7191]

I am in Northern Lower Michigan...small world.

[@james5460]

You either are already or are becoming quite an expert on English cultural history. Who knew that walking along riverbanks could be so informative? I find it hysterical that some Victorian pipemaker would make stems with phallic connotations, but that sure seems to be the case! Great video as always.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks James

[@mickeymunkchunk4512]

Nice one Nicola, looking forward to number three.

[@nigegrumlin6636]

Great video as usual. Thank you for sharing your research with us.

[@TheVidusi]

Great video, as usual! I was very impressed by your thoroughness and tenacity on tracking down the pigeon owner. My father was a racing pigeon enthusiast and I know he would have appreciated being told too. Looking forward to more of your finds.

[@vtvtutube]

Nicola, Your videos are superb. Jon (Vermont, USA)

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you so much Jon!

[@richardduddy1176]

you just got a new fan from Roanoke.Va in the states

[@brendaprice7686]

You are amazing. I enjoy your vlogs so very much. Thank you for sharing your adventures, your treasures and the history that goes along with it all. 👌🏻✌🏻

[@beardigger3779]

Nicola, Thank you for sharing Hoo Island Part 2, I learned something new about Roller Pigeons as well. Well Done 👍🏽 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏼👍🏼

[@UrbanDKaye]

A grisly end to a talented bird. Thanks for sharing the phonecall.

[@Anidawehi]

Great find! This vid isn't poppycock, this adventure was very interesting. Much love!!

[@RonJustDiggingLife]

Awesome love learning new things. Great research on the pigon ring. I do the same with dog tags. But never a sad story as that. Usually just name, sex n age. Pipes always PIPES!!!! Love them..

[@jamesstewart9496]

I really really enjoy your channel! The UK seems to have quite a concentrated collection of way groovy things to find! I'm in a time travel mind when I watch your videos.....thank you !

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Hey James. Thank you. Glad you enjoy. This is one of my favourite little places, Hoo Island. It's magical. X

[@moon-gi3iv]

There are so many interesting things there you could easily sink your boat if you tried to take everything home with you. Anxiously awaiting part 3.

[@15thCenturyJohn]

Hi Nicola, Great video as usual, just love those pipes, it really is quite amazing how such delicate objects can stay whole in such an inhospitable environment. Many Thanks.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

yes, i agree John. It's amazing that after all these years things like clay pipes can still be intact.

[@robertkerry5531]

Another brilliant video. When I was growing up, my bedroom window had a great unobstructed view of the River Medway from Gillingham to Upchurch. Hoo and Darnet Forts were right in the middle of this panorama, along with the now demolished Kingsnorth power station.

[@rabwoody264]

phallic!! Yep you hit the nail on the head, no pun intended lol ..

[@001smudge]

Great video and a fascinating place. part of the initiation ceremony of joining the RAOB involved the breaking of a clay pipe (I have done it years ago in Military) so may explain your broken parts. HH

[@cammiecarpinetti6010]

Just amazing nicola ..... you keep me on the edge of my seat everytime....poooooooor birdie🐤🐥🐦

[@constancemiller3753]

poor pigeon.

[@mart2mart]

Wonderfully interesting, even more so as I live not far from here. Thank you so much for sharing, it’s much appreciated.