Mudlarking the River Thames with Nicola White - BRINGING HISTORY FOUND IN THE MUD ALIVE

[@debshep8141]

Pipe, button, coin, mug and KABOOM! Stay well! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@cdd4248]

Hshahahaha! OMG, that made me laugh at the end...after the grenade is detonated, you can hear Nicola say, "Bloody Hell"!

[@vilstef6988]

In these shut-in times, seeing your larking adventures and the wildlife puts a smile on my face.

[@tammaragill9347]

I love your reaction to the explosion! "OH bloody hell!" Is one of my favorite expressions I use OFTEN 🤣

[@velvetindigonight]

My Dad, his father and grandfather and extended family all worked at the Woolwich Arsenal making guns back into the 1800's ............. My Dad was definitely at 'the arsenal' in the 1930's, he might even have used that mug! Thanks for the memory and so wonderful to see something so tangeable of a time long passed......... Great find. Enjoy your cuppa!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Helen. Wow, such a lot of fascinating history associated with that place. Indeed your Dad could have had a cuppa in that cup! x

[@ThePresidentialTourist]

This video is amazing. I am so happy you are able to keep uploading these vids during these troubling times. Your a angel during these dark times.

[@Springbok295]

It's an amazing feeling to find an object or artifact and to know you are the first to expose it to sunlight. The first sunlight it has "seen" for hundreds to thousands of years.

[@BMW7series251]

Thanks Nicola. Lovely video. Cheered me up as usual through these dire times.

[@AtheistOrphan]

‘This coffee tastes like mud!’ - ‘Well it was ground this morning.’ (I’ll get me coat).

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

ha ha very good

[@temperhollow7716]

It's just incredible how these objects have survived bombings and storms and remain in tact!

[@ramibu239]

Just the regular ebb & flow of the river getting swirled around w/ all of those rocks!

[@conitorres9774]

Yes true. Items made today barely survive a round in the dishwasher

[@maureenobrien2527]

So lovely seeing all those Moms feeding their little ones! BT W - happy Mum’s day to you too! Hoping you find an absolute bunch of gold coins and pipes with long, long stems!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you! x lovely thoughts!

[@kathyf3656]

The moms have a lot of work ahead of them feeding all those babies.

[@marthaanderson2656]

with coots ( moorhens) male and female share the rearing,.

[@badapple65]

I would bet Nicola is great at spotting things even while walking down a road or sidewalk that the most of us would not even notice.

[@safarikitty9632]

With all the losses, seeing the Chicks thriving is a wonderful way to see that Life goes on.

[@gloriastroedecke2717]

I love that tea mug and the Coty compact. Good job you recognized that the grenade was not exploded and notified the officials quickly. That was not a tiny pop.

[@amel2784]

Wow! That mug is a great find.I would definitely be proud to drink out of that find.

[@suzantonn1188]

Thank you for your thoughtful VE day tribute. Sharing memories, as you have, makes them intimate in a very special way.

[@edwardgriffin8092]

Lovely seeing the family of Coot's, and many people will be surprised that they are not Ducks. They are in the Rail family (Rallidae) and are only distantly related to Ducks. (Some great shots of their feet that are not webbed). Another piece of useless information from Edward Griffin, ha ha. :-)

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Edward. No information is useless! x

[@dylandeakin3031]

Obviously luv ya x

[@edwardgriffin8092]

@@nicolawhitemudlark. Thank you Nicola. I love watching your videos, absolutely the best on KZbin. (Followed by "Joolz Guides-London History Walks").

[@elodiedutroux5832]

Are they the birds with the lovely leaf patterned feet?

[@altonriggs2352]

They are a prey species, take the depreidation pressure off of ducks and geese .

[@dscobellusa]

OMG that cup is just lovely! Great find!

[@camillefulton7709]

LOVELY TO SEE MOTHERS FEEDING THEIR CHICKS. LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, I FEEL YOUR EXCITEMENT, EVERY FIND. THANKS SO MUCH NICOLA. CAMILLE AUSTRALIA

[@markandrews302]

The explosion at the end of this was very entertaining...your reaction was so perfect! Thank you for sharing the history you find in the Thames. :)

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you for watching Mark! x

[@kathyrobinson9959]

Pretty spectacular wasn't it? Glad no one stomped on it although I'm not sure that would be enough to set it off!

[@susanknight183]

Love seeing the coot parents feeding their young. You always make my Sundays special x 🌍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🌍

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Susan x

[@sharlotterhine167]

Thank you, Susan, for the name of the birds! I thought they were strange little creatures. Being in Texas, USA, we don't have that type of bird.

[@censusgary]

@@sharlotterhine167 Those are Eurasian coots. They belong to the rail family. We don't have that species in America, but a sister species, the American coot, is quite common in Texas. You see it mostly on lakes and ponds, especially in shallow water.

[@sharlotterhine167]

Thanks, Gary. I have just never seen them. They're cute and it was fun to watch them diving and feeding the babies.

[@hamamizu46]

@@censusgary I've always called them mud hens

[@montydewitt547]

Amazing finds! Loved that mug. Such awesome history and stories. And the bang at the end. Nothing better than a detonation of old ordinance. 👍 Be safe and happy hunting!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Monty!

[@tmontero8492]

Well done, Nicola. My 92-year old dad from Houston, Texas got me hooked on your videos. I love watching you discover, uncover and recover everyday life from centuries past. Thank you. I feel as if you are a friend.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Hello! That's wonderful. Love to you and your Dad! Nicola

[@patriciabarron3401]

Omg the mug is awesome nicola..im such a history lover...but i love everthing you find...thank you always for sharing...xxxx

[@sherryrector2275]

Fully enjoyed this Thank you for sharing. AND OMG that hand grenade was totally louder and stronger than I thought.

[@ddouglas3860]

I enjoyed that, off to have a mug o tea now x 😁

[@james5460]

When you can still get excited about pipes after the literally hundreds that Nicola has found - you must really love old pipes!

[@carolinadiaz8953]

Your finds Amaze me! Love it

[@bonnerdebbie]

I loved the family of Coot's, their feet amaze me. I would never have thought I would get so excited to see someone pull a pipe out of mud, but I do every time. Thanks Nicola, Happy Mother's Day.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Debbie! x

[@cockertoo8920]

Mothers' day was back in March here

[@geofft3214]

Wow, plenty of bang! The Thames is amazing. Thanks.

[@fredseynave6160]

Hello Nicola, i'm fred, i'm a french man, and i loving yours findings in the river, it's wonderfull, with you, we're iving in teavers your discoveries in time. Excuse my english, but i do what i can sorry, and google translation helps a lot. I live in Belgium, i decided to subscribe to your channel, which i have been for a long time, i collect British cap badges and military buttons from the battlefields, i myself discovered a pipe furnace at the British coat of arms, too bad we can't add photos, have a nice day and continue like that, and to make us travel

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you! I do speak French so feel free to write in French. Your English is good though. Thanks for your comments

[@omigodausername]

That video of your grenade never gets old "Bloody hell!"

[@minnierose4398]

Love every single upload Nicola, always exciting, informative and presented with a wonderful passion ❤ Thank you

[@cindygehrke5249]

Awesome history lesson as always! Thanks for sharing and going out with a bang!

[@clockwork9827]

hello little nest of coots and Mum with your flappy feet ! love their gentle marching tune . quite stirring. 😊 hope the 🐦 birds are happy at 🏡 home !

[@Wyldhare47]

Lovely treasures.....happy Mother’s Day!.....🙋🏼‍♀️🌻

[@richielamb2733]

I still find it amazing that with the amount of rocks & stones on the foreshore that things as delicate as pipes & pottery stays intact , wish my history lessons were this interesting when I was at school I might have studied harder . Love your videos Nicola 👍 On a footnote Lord Nelsons body was returned to woolwich arsenal preserved in a barrel of rum after his death ,hence why sometimes rum is referred to nelsons blood .👍👌

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

wow great fact there that I did not know! Thank you!

[@kimberlyclark4508]

This episode is so interesting and informative in this very, odd time, thank you for a change in the narrative, a breath of fresh air you always are!! Thank you, I always enjoy your work, stay well and safe, much love and blessings to you and yours!💜

[@christhompson4270]

Thank you again for keeping us entertained in these trying times, awesome finds and great history 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@prinzalbert5329]

Well done Nicole. Fascinating gift you have for discovery and connection.

[@sonofeloah]

It is a good thing to see the mug repurposed to sport some tea once again. Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@kevinfuller9267]

The iron balls could also be from a mill. Hundreds of them would be tumbled in a drum to smash ore or other minerals to a powder .

[@andermac1]

You should weigh them. They could be 2 pounder shot.

[@MrTarmonbarry]

@@andermac1 Think you are right about this . It might be for what they called a swivel gun that would be near the stern of a sailing ship and could be turned and aimed unlke the main cannons which were fixed in place

[@georgeearls3338]

That is amazing. Holding a piece of history in your hand, and knowing the story behind it.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

yes George! it is amazing! x

[@kitchenworker446]

Absolutely fascinating Nicola, thank you for sharing.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Jan! x

[@markduncan6690]

When all is amiss in this world along come those soothing tones of Nicola!

[@Jamesandthehooligans]

Yet another absolutely superb video thank you very much, the footage of the coots and the goslings was just adorable! So interesting to hear stories from your viewers, it’s always amazing to think how something you’ve dug out of the dirt can have a real connection to other people. Thanks again 🤓

[@historyhawk3621]

The ordinance mug is extraordinary! Revered historical relic I'm quite sure. Well done.

[@petervictoria5865]

thanks for this video.

[@bonniebonkers4779]

Hello from Canada, I love watching your videos. Cheers... :)

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Bonnie! x

[@mmme9671]

I love watching your videos and the nature scenes are so calming. Thank you Nicola! Happy Mother's Day!

[@flea8332]

i just love that mug i would use that every morning with my coffee

[@kellynovak4656]

Your videos are so visually pleasing as well as informative. It is so nice to hear the history of the items you find.

[@superbellabeau]

A double pipe extraction sounds painful! Love your mug find and that you can use it as well. Happy Mother's Day Nicola.😊💗

[@seanlohan4713]

Thanks Nicola. Adding the wildlife footage to the historical objects adds extra interest to your mud larking adventures along the Thames. Cheers from Galway City, Ireland.

[@lizlunch7066]

Love the (I think) coots at the start-up and of course the whole video! Thank you!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Liz! yes they are coots. I always get my moorhens and coots mixed up!

[@lizlunch7066]

The "coot feet" always look to me like Christmas cactus!

[@lillianryder7344]

Great video as usual..live watching thank you for your history class every Sunday..I look forward to watching you and Si.❤🇮🇪

[@MikesFoggyIdea]

That was an exciting finale!

[@alisonaddicks1584]

Thank you, Nicola! Your channel is quite, quite wonderful.

[@alison_mo3793]

That mug though!!😍

[@canadianrelichunters5259]

Awesome finds loving that mug. ;) well done and congrats. ;) stay safe , atb

[@laurabrown6601]

Wow. That explosion we huge. Thankfully you were safe. That’s crazy after so many decades it could still have that much force.

[@jaybales3160]

Very interesting video. Congratulations on the artifact discovered. Nice touch with the wildlife. Going back and watching productions I missed. Thank you for sharing your hard work and compassion.

[@rosegilliland1845]

So beautiful and kind. Love the ducks

[@lynne99]

The little ducks are so cute, i couldn't help but giggle at how tiny their wings are compared to their bodies lol ☺

[@toddyb1525]

600th comment says......Your awesome Nicola.......I love your passion for what you do.......I hardly ever comment.......but just wanted to say ''THANK YOU'' for all the effort :]

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you so much Toddy! Really appreciate your lovely comment ❤️

[@flibbertygibbet]

I am so touched by the stories that were sent and read in the last part of this video. I am grateful to the person who sent them and allowed Nicola to read. I love those little bits of personal history. Unless those memories are shared they are lost forever when that person is no more.

[@ElicBehexan]

Happy Mother's Day Nicola! I'm only a cat mom, but I greatly admire anyone who is brave enough to have children. It is obvious how much yours love you!

[@cockertoo8920]

It's not Mothers' day here

[@sammyanne1985]

Never "only" a cat mum! You are loved. Xx

[@ElicBehexan]

@@cockertoo8920 I'm in the U.S. and not to be too States-centric, but it is Mother's Day here.

[@patriciamillar4381]

Hi Nicola beautiful to watch the parent birds feeding their young. I found part of a pipe stem walking the path by the river Tyne just lying on top of the ground....I was absolutely thilled...lord knows what I'd be like if I found a full pipe lol. Love seeing your finds! Thank u so much for keeping us entertained 👍

[@mirkatu3249]

Happy Mother's Day, Nicola! Love the mug and personal stories that go with it. Good grief, that bomb at the end was a lot bigger than I thought it would be, good thing you turned it it before some kids found it! :-)

[@markcox8762]

Thank you. I loved seeing that Royal Ordnance mug. My Granddad was is the RO Constabulary, and he was based at Woolwich. He eventually rose to the rank of Inspector and he was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1953. Earlier he served in the Royal Field Artillery (another Woolwich institution). He joined up in 1907 at the age of 15 and was a Battery Sargeant Major by the end of WWI.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Wow Mark what a great story and family history. Do you have old photos of him? Woolwich is rich in history

[@markcox8762]

@@nicolawhitemudlark Yes, I have one or two photos. I'll look them out and scan them for you.

[@jesseroy4756]

I love the story you did with the cup you did an awesome job with it I love watching your videos and you do amazing work on all the research you do for each item you find thank you for sharing all your adventures and for sharing your research with us all

[@davehamley-richards2941]

Thank you Nicola for another interesting Mudlarking trip along the Thames and enjoyed the big bang at the end.

[@frederickletch5679]

Nicola. Amazing video. Amazing history and nothing like finishing with a big bang. XX

[@bonniegiebfried278]

Thank you for sharing all your finds. The history of things you dig is amazing. Been digging in mud since I was a kid, never knew it had a name, i am a mudlurker, beach comber...... You are Queen of the pipes. Hope you and your family are safe n healthy.

[@282828lisa]

I wasn’t expecting a big explosion like that! That was really surprising!

[@lesleyjackson2882]

Another fantastic bit of history, thank you so much xx

[@sallyanne3781]

Thank you for so many interesting videos,Nicola!!

[@sandysanders5437]

Thank you, Nicola for all of the videos you produce of your mudlarking excursions! My father couldn't be drafted for WWII because he had rheumatic fever just prior to getting the draft notice and it left him with a heart murmur. He did work as a contractor for the U.S. government helping to rebuild the airfields on Oahu, HI. He saved the Honolulu newspaper with the headline that the Japanese surrendered. I still have it. The grass skirt bit the dust a few decades ago.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Wonderful story. Thank you!

[@tillybinkieking7258]

Nicola - it is You who makes these object d'alluvia in the (mud) come alive!. All your enthusiasm, your photographic skills, your descriptions, your research, gives us poor housebounders great joy ( desire to be splodging about in the squelch with you! - haha).

[@jettelisec6350]

Dear Nicola, I wish you a happy mothersday. Thank you for the film, its a wonderful world. Jette

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Jette. It really is x

[@cockertoo8920]

It's not Mothers' day here

[@andrewtuffin9341]

Thankyou for putting a smile on my face.i always look forward to your videos.❤️

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Andrew x

[@oldmanhuppiedos]

Cows are such fun caring critters. You have eagle eyes, I would go ahead with the clay pipes. A funny surprise the shell. Cheers with your tea.

[@lesliegoedecke5622]

Another wonderful video with some fantastic finds! I love how you research your finds and give a little history lesson on them. Thank you and stay safe Nicola!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Leslie!

[@nigelkavanagh2048]

This is a great vid nicola very well put together with interesting finds. Great job. Stay well.

[@chrisosh9574]

Finding the mug intact was fantastic, it's nice to have an historic cuppa, when I lived in Devon some years back a local secondhand shop had a lot of ex-prison crockery all marked with the HMP mark, I bought a dozen pint tea mugs from them to give to friends as gifts, the oldest of those was 1938 and purportedly came from HMP Dartmoor. If you get caught with the government pen, you could be transported to Australia!!

[@nickydenning6988]

We'd LOVE to have you Nicola! I live in the Hawkesbury region, an hour nth-west of Sydney, & the 3rd White settlement in Australia.

[@sharlotterhine167]

Nicky - I'm from Texas and grew up in a place called White Settlement! It's a suburb of Fort Worth. When Ft. Worth was an army outpost back in the 1850s, it was a settlement among a few other indian settlements so it was called the White Settlement and the name just stuck.

[@nickydenning6988]

@@sharlotterhine167 😊 hi Sharlotte!

[@sharlotterhine167]

Nicky - 👋👋

[@phyllisbowen3698]

Omg fabulous pipe (so envious) and the button and beautiful. Your finds are absolutely the best.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Phyllis!

[@nubybautista9814]

Happy Mother's Day Nic! I love watching your videos. That Explosion was awesome. Watching you from Texas.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you! love to Texas!

[@AtheistOrphan]

Nuby Bautista - - Mother’s Day was back in March, as it is every year.

[@nubybautista9814]

@@AtheistOrphan Sorry! it's mother's day here in North America..

[@catherinemoore1426]

Thank you so much you have become a Sunday Ritual for me even if you post on another day,I have rewatched your videos many times. Sending lots of love ❤️❤️

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Catherine. Sending you love back! X

[@michelinetheobald3787]

Hello Nicola, I love the music with each video and the wild life it's great how you put it all together. It's much appreciated with these times and feel like I'm there taking in the fresh air and finds. I love the fact using the mug, felt quite emotional. Thank you Nicola for taking the time to put these video's together. Love Micheline xx

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you Micheline x

[@anthonyturton8091]

i enjoy the research, history and the wildlife, in your videos most of all

[@catherinefall2696]

Thanks for another great video, so lovely to see the local bird life. Hi from Tasmania, Australia 🇦🇺

[@sheenapirrie7247]

A very happy Mother’s Day Nicola and thank you for this very special treat🌹

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

my pleasure! x

[@cockertoo8920]

Mother's day in the Uk was back in March

[@LadyPicker]

It is Mother’s Day here in the USA. We are being polite when we say “Happy Mother’s Day!” But I love learning new things about other places! Now I know y’all celebrate this day in March! 😊

[@sheenapirrie7247]

Mother’s Day in South Africa too.

[@YonderFanj]

Bloody hell! Quite a blast. Wonderful episode. Happy Mother’s Day!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Jim!

[@webbtrekker534]

Well, all I can say this turned out to be a very 'explosive' episode. Thanks!

[@pamcolechadwell1302]

I hope you had a great Mother's day. Stay safe and well.

[@larrimos]

It’s Mother’s Day here in the States Nik, so happy Mother’s Day. You seem like a loving, caring mom and that is the greatest compliment I could give. Thanks for the entertainment as well, it really helps to have a few minutes of escape these days.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you very much! x

[@davilianobostonma7669]

Always the best vids! Thank you for helping us through Quarantine in Boston...The stories of the mug and how they may have had a cup of tea from it is Fabulous! Just loved it!

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thank you! Im so glad you enjoyed it. It was fun!

[@bonnie8441]

Has to be one of your best episodes Nicola.Loved the opening wildlife film.

[@nicolawhitemudlark]

Thanks Bonnie! That's so lovely of you to say

[@peppiino]

And thanks again ❤️