“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, Secrets of the Thames.
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…
