Mud-larking
Thursday 28th October 2021 7.30pm
A talk by Simon Moore on his adventures scavenging in river mud!
A mudlark is someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value, a term used especially to describe those who scavenged this way in London during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
” In 1977 a colleague at the Natural History Museum asked Simon Moore if he’d like to accompany him to search the Thames foreshore for ancient relics.
Already with an interest in antique eating and folding cutlery, Simon readily agreed and shortly afterwards acquired a rare medieval pocket knife.
He also started acquiring other eating knives, spoons and the occasional fork as well as pins, thimbles, an intact wine bottle c1670, bellarmine bottle, pilgrim signs and many other relics of everyday life back then.
Come and hear Simon talking about his adventures on the 28th October at the Gill Nethercott Centre.”
Tickets: £5 from the Gill Nethercott Centre – please contact Julia or Sue on 01256 896270 or email: gillnethercottcentre@btconnect.com
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