Mudlarks (1962)

River Thames, London. L, S of the muddy shores of the Thames between Blackfriars and Southwark. M, S of London University student, Janet Manning climbing down a ladder from a wharf onto the mud. Janet joins three other amateur archaeologists mudlarking they are all members of the Thames Basin Archaeology Group. C, U of the water washing over a broken bottle buried in the shore. One of the male archaeologists picks up the bottle and places it in a bag. C, U of broken clay pipes half buried in the mud. C, U of a student s hands cleaning a piece of pottery. M, S of a woman (not Janet as commentary suggests ) picking up a Maria Theresa dollar. The others rush over the have a look. C, U of the coin in a hand. C, U of cleaned broken pipes lying on a wall. Janet and her companions catalogue their hoard on a bridge parapet above the Thames mud. Extreme C, U of the hoard old spoons, more pipes, bits of pottery. The other students are named as Marjorie Gillespie, Peter A. Clayton and John Casey