‘And Summer’s Lease Hath All Too Short A Date’ etc etc. August is nearly over so here are my #TopNine photos from this month on the Thames Foreshore. Starting with my home patch in SW London the river rolls eternally on to the great & historic City of London itself, finally wending its way east to Limehouse highlighting the steel/glass towers of Canary Wharf and beyond #Mudlark#RiverThames#LoveLondon
From the #ThamesForeshore last week, a small sherd of Roman pottery lost to the river when Britain was a province of the Roman Empire, and Londinium was its major city. This is colour-coated ware, likely to be Nene Valley (modern day Peterborough) & introduced by migrant potters from the Lower Rhineland in the mid 2nd century, later made in Colchester too. As ever, so many questions; who last held this sophisticated example of Roman tableware in their trembling hands? #mudlark#mudlarking
Shout out for my great friend and fellow #mudlark Caroline Nunneley (@carolinenunneleymudlark on Insta) who will be exhibiting her mudlarking finds, including a fabulous Memento Mori bead, at the beautiful 13th century St Peter’s Church, Preston Park, Brighton on the 1st July, fundraising for new church lighting. Please come, if you can 👌🏼