“London’s riverbed has rich pickings†John Chase/London Museum
I skirt the river Thames most days, usually in a packed train, though occasionally I stroll along its banks and admire the gleam of its water. But it is what lies beneath the river’s waves that is most fascinating, as I discovered at the London Museum Docklands’s exhibition, .
The show is devoted to mudlarking, the popular hobby that sees people scour the Thames at low tide for hidden treasures. From murky beginnings – tales of thievery and scams open the show – mudlarking is revealed as…
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