{"id":20121,"date":"2021-08-06T11:53:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T10:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=20121"},"modified":"2021-08-06T11:56:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T10:56:06","slug":"the-north-bank-of-the-thames-at-low-tide-bridges-chains-nets-and-some-mudlarking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-north-bank-of-the-thames-at-low-tide-bridges-chains-nets-and-some-mudlarking\/","title":{"rendered":"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-01.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following on from last week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-river-thames-at-low-tide-mudlarkers-sunbathers-and-bridges-30-photos\/\">walk along the south bank of the Thames<\/a>, I returned to take a stroll along the north bank at low tide.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-03.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under Cannon Street station.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-04.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking east towards The Shard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-05.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Old brickwork and chains.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-06.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The River Walbrook joins the Thames to the west of this viewpoint.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-07.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking west towards Southwark Bridge,\u00a0 which \u00a0has the least traffic of the Thames bridges in London.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-08.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bones galore.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-09.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under the Cannon Street bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-21.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-10.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-11.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Old timber support.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-12.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-13.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mudlarkers should have no problem finding the discarded stems of broken clay pipes.<\/p>\n<p>They were so cheap to make that they were one-use disposable items, often sold prefilled with tobacco (known as &#8216;Penny Pipes&#8217;).<\/p>\n<p>Once the tobacco had been smoked, there was no further use for the pipe, and it was common to snap off the head before throwing it into the Thames.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-14.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Offering a similar kind of one-hit use, mudlarkers of the future will no doubt have no problem locating discarded nitrous oxide canisters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-15.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ladder up from the Thames.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-16.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-02.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steps down to the beach by the Millennium Bridge,.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-17.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking east.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-18.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-19.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-20.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-22.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thames bridges.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-23.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-24.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-25.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-26.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-27.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shakespeare&#8217;s Globe Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-28.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tip of The Shard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-29.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crossing the Millennium Bridge<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-30.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Thames foreshore is covered in broken roof tiles, bits of porcelain and Victorian bricks turned into round pebbles by the actions of the tide.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-31.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-32.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-33.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking across the Thames.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-34.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/north-bank-thames-35.jpg\" alt=\"The north bank of the Thames at low tide: bridges, chains, nets and some mudlarking\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Join the discussion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/the-river-thames-photos-and-stories.323878\/page-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The River\u00a0Thames \u2013 photos and stories<\/a>\u00a0(over 570 posts)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/mudlarking-on-the-thames.233452\/page-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mudlarking on the Thames<\/a>\u00a0(45+ posts)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from last week&#8217;s walk along the south bank of the Thames, I returned to take a stroll along the north bank at low 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