Discoveries can be made as far east as the Thames Estuary, up to 40 miles from central London, although mudlarks tend to use their own boats in this broad island-strewn reach of the river.

In 18th- and 19th-Century London, mudlarks were impoverished citizens (often children) who scraped a meagre living by scavenging for sellable items in the stinking mud of the Thames at low tide.

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Mudlarking, or the scavenging and studying of historical objects that have been dredged up on riversides, is an ancient activity that’s gaining a whole new following on TikTok and Instagram.

Jason Sandy, an avid mudlark, whose finds in the Thames are among those appearing in the exhibition, said: 'Every object found is like a time portal to a different part of British history.

"If you spend enough time on the Thames, you will eventually come across human remains," wrote river mudlark Lara Maiklem in The Spectator. It is "a river of lost souls, filled with suicides ...

She decides to leave, but falls into the hands of the riverside-dwelling mudlarks, a gang of kids who are set to work collecting all the things the filthy River Thames washes up. Charley is sent on a ...