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Earthenware with words.

#beachcombing #beachcomber #thames #found objects #letters #alphabet #london

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Brown glass with letters BR. Found near Putney Bridge.

#beachcombing #thames #beachcomber #found objects #letters #alphabet #london #glass #bottles #putney #putney bridge

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Bottom of earthenware jar featuring the word 'Liverpool'.

#beachcomber #beachcombing #thames #found objects #london #liverpool

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The letter L. From a clothes hanger, and denoting ‘large’. Found on the Thames shore at Thorpe Bay.

#L #letters #found objects #thames #beachcombing #beachcomber #alphabet #Thorpe Bay #Southend on Sea #Essex

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Not sure what this is, though it might be some sort of vaping apparatus with an advert on the side. Found on Battersea village shore.

#vaping #adverts #surfing #surf boards #thames #beachcombing #london #Battersea #battersea village

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Corks. Found at Queens Quay near Southwark Bridge.

#corks #cork trees #wine #beachcombing #beachcomber #found objects #thames #southwark bridge #southwark #London

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Oysters. Once plentiful in London on the Thames - so much so that they were good food for the poor – these days the river in the city is too heavily modified, and the tidal flow too strong, to allow for the establishment of oyster beds. These five were among many dozens washed up on the shore at Queens Quay near Southwark Bridge.

#oysters #food #shellfish #rivers #thames #london #London food #shells #beachcombing

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Coal, possibly left over from barges, or power stations. Found at Queens Quay near Southwark Bridge.

#coal #found objects #fossil fuels #beachcombing #thames #London

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Pottery shards.  Found at Queens Quay near Southwark Bridge.

#thames #pottery #beachcombing #london #found objects #Southwark Bridge

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Polished terracotta shards. Found in Queens Quay, near Southwark Bridge.

#shards #pottery #terracotta #london #beachcombing #thames #southwark Bridge

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Fragment of clay tile stamped with number 7155.

#7155 #tiles #terracotta #tiling #building materials #found objects #numbers #beachcombing #clay

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Flyer for Taekwondo coach Davoud Etminani. Found on Hurlingham shore, Fulham.

#taekwondo #davoud eminani #coaching #martial arts #chelsea #fulham #hurlingham #sport

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Three pronged plug. Found on Hurlingham shore.

#plug #plugs #electronics #electrical #beachcomber #beachcombing #hurlingham #thames

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Flat metal plate, about 10 inches long. Found on Hurlingham shore.

#metal #swords #found objects #beachcombing #beachcomber #thames #hurlingham

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Spray paint can (colour: gray). Still functioning, as the sprayed stone to the right testifies. Found near Gabriel’s Wharf, Waterloo.

#graffiti #graffittiart #spray can #paint #grey #gray #beachcombing #beachcomber #thames #London #art #waterloo #gabriels wharf

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It’s thamesbeachcomber’s 10th birthday today - to celebrate, here is my favourite post, from 2013.

#birthday #beachcombing #headless body #doll #superwoman #mud #thames #london

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Smiley face. First created by commercial designer Harvey Ross Ball for a 1963 insurance company campaign in the US, it has been updated many times since, including as a symbol of the late 1980s rave era in the UK.

#raves #smiley #smiley culture #smiles #smiley face #acid house #harvey ross ball #1963 #beachcombing