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2005

Drifting – voices from the hidden history of the Thames

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Hampton Court, Molesey, East Molesey, UK
120 minutes
Walking piece

Cultural historian Toby Butler created a float out of driftwood and flotsam, then spent weeks following the float along the river, guided by the current. Wherever the float collided with the bank, he looked for someone to interview about their life and their relationship with the Thames.

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Hosted by: Toby Butler

APA style reference

Butler, T. (2005). Drifting – voices from the hidden history of the Thames. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/drifting-voices-from-the-hidden-history-of-the-thames/

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nuddle

Back in the 1500s, nuddle had a few meanings that congregated low to the ground: To nuddle was to push something along with your nose or nudge forward in some other horizontal manner. By the 1800s, nuddle started referring to stooped walking, the kind of non-jaunty mosey in which someone’s head is hanging low. You can hear a touch of contempt in a phrase from an 1854 glossary by A. E. Baker: “How he goes nuddling along.” Credits to Mark Peters.

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