Comments on: The Life of a Mudlark, 1861 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/09/29/the-life-of-a-mudlark-1861/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Donna Marshall https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/09/29/the-life-of-a-mudlark-1861/#comment-1279243 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:58:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=13475#comment-1279243 It’s an amazing find and my daughter finally understood!

]]> By: Donna Marshall https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/09/29/the-life-of-a-mudlark-1861/#comment-1279241 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:49:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=13475#comment-1279241 I have just returned to London where I have lived my whole life! I found a piece of pottery in Devon

]]> By: Harriet https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/09/29/the-life-of-a-mudlark-1861/#comment-1012076 Wed, 02 Sep 2015 22:33:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=13475#comment-1012076 I enjoyed this article. I’m a teacher and am starting a project on the Thames.
Have you come across any other references to mud larks, other than Mayhew?

Harriet

]]> By: Ree https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/09/29/the-life-of-a-mudlark-1861/#comment-25512 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:02:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=13475#comment-25512 Yes…Would love to see “Mud Men” in the States…I love that little film, “The Mudlark”…the boy Wheeler was so sweet and sad at the same time…with his beloved cameo of Queen Victoria…Based on a true story I believe…

]]> By: Susan Lendroth https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/09/29/the-life-of-a-mudlark-1861/#comment-1291 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:48:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=13475#comment-1291 I hope the History Channel UK sells the Mud Men series to the History Channel US. I’d love to see it, but my oh my, will the foreshore be swarming when those episodes run!

]]> By: Cav39 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/09/29/the-life-of-a-mudlark-1861/#comment-1286 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:34:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=13475#comment-1286 I remember that film too. As a child, it made quite an impression on me. You can read about it at
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042757/

]]> By: Patricia Oliver https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/09/29/the-life-of-a-mudlark-1861/#comment-1281 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:56:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=13475#comment-1281 Very interesting!There was a film called “The Mudlark”** when I was young,starring Andrew Ray , son of the comedian Ted Ray ,sadly neither still with us . As an adult , Andrew was on the team in “Face the Music” ; that was a brilliant TV prog !

** At a guess , late ’40s/early ’50s

]]> By: Annette Albert https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/09/29/the-life-of-a-mudlark-1861/#comment-1276 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:05:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=13475#comment-1276 Bravo – wonderful, interesting articles on mudlarks.

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