Showing posts with label salvage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salvage. Show all posts

Thursday 6 June 2024

Magnet fishers Peaky Dippers UK and Sash window weights

 Yep, I've become addicted to these dedicated History Hunters.

Today's video features some of my fav mudlarks, Nicola White and Si Finds, as well as sash window weights.

Now, what the effing heck are people tossing sash weights into the Thames for?
It's not like we're talking one or 3, it's a regular thing they find. 
Hefty sash weights.
Boat anchors? Fishing weights? How big are the pike?! 
Is there a secret society of frustrated window hangers collecting their weights each week and merrily tossing them into the Thames under cover of darkness?
And flat irons are another that are often found in the river.
Now I CAN picture London Suffragettes lining the waterway and, with gay abandon, happily shot-putting their 4-letter word into the drink.





3 July in Australian History

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