S1.02 - Secrets of the Thames: Alessio Checconi’s Journey as a Mudlark

Alessio Checconi @london_madlark – Alessio is a micro-palaeontologist and mudlark. In this episode he discusses how the pandemic fuelled his passion for mudlarking, the rituals he undertakes to ensure successful searching, and his 16 th century home in Suffolk, where he and his partner have discovered several ancient items, secreted in the walls, to ward off witches and evil spirits.

In this episode Alessio the mudlark talks about

• finding treasures on the banks of the River Thames
• how he got interested in mudlarking during the pandemic
• the rituals he undertakes to ensure a successful lark
• historic items buried in his Elizabethan / Tudor home to ward off evil spirits and witches

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