Mudlarks

Mudlarks (HM2BDV)

Location: , England PO1 3PU Portsmouth
Country: United Kingdom
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N 50° 47.908', W 1° 6.435'

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'Ere, Guv, put a penny in the mud,
A penny or two won't break yer.
We'll take all your rusty silver,
And I'll cover my face for a tanner.

The nearby statue commemorates the generations of Portsea children who enjoyed mudlarking here - entertaining travellers by retrieving coins they threw into the mud below the bridge to the harbour station and Gosport ferry. Boys and girls would scramble to find the money tossed down, sometimes diving into the mud, performing handstands or dipping their heads in it. Many Portsea families lived in poverty, so the small change was welcomed. Usually, what the children did not spend on sweets or pie and chips was given to mum to help out the family finances.
Most parents disapproved of their children's activities, while the police regarded mudlarking as begging and tried to stop it. Mudlarking supplemented other ways of earning a few shillings, such as carrying passengers' bags or finding drivers' parking spaces. The building of the new bus terminal in 1976-7 put an end to mudlarking.
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Date Added Sunday, September 16th, 2018 at 8:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)30U E 633383 N 5629121
Decimal Degrees50.79846667, -1.10725000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 50° 47.908', W 1° 6.435'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds50° 47' 54.48" N, 1° 6' 26.1" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near B2154, England PO1 3PU, GB
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