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Treasure hunting on the Thames, with Jo Ellison

Life and Art from FT Weekend

CHAPTER

Oyster Shells - The History of Late Britain

Oysters were the protine for the poors. They don't live up this far, but they were a fished out up hin yesterry and bought up here. Even the romans thought we were great for oysters, and they barrel them up and send them back to rome. When youare looking, you're looking for areas that are a ding, so that they're a little bit grayer than the rest. So that's the patches tof eroding. And when stuff comes out, the river starts to sort it by size and weight. It'll wash or bones altogether in drifts. Lots of red brick, obviously, not the most surprised

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