Dr Kat and the Great Fire of London
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- CORRECTION: I mistakenly refer to the Staffordshire Hoard as the Sutton Hoo hoard during this video - I am choosing to blame this conflation on the fact that I am very excited about (hopefully...pandemic permitting) getting to see the Staffordshire Hoard being displayed at Sutton Hoo this year!
Thanks to everyone who suggested I look at the Stuarts on this channel... today we're doing just that. We're exploring the Great Fire of London of 1666!
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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [ • Greenery - Silent Part... ]
Links to relevant texts:
John Evelyn’s diary: books.google.c...
Samuel Pepys’ diary: www.pepysdiary...
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Google Maps satellite screenshot with Pudding Lane marked by red pin.
“The Great Fire of London", with Ludgate and Old St. Paul’s, by an unknown artist (c.1670). Held by the Yale Center for British Art.
Still of a reconstructed 17th-century street taken from • Pudding Lane Productio...
“The Great Fire of London” by an unknown artist (1675). Held by the Museum of London.
Leather fire bucket of the type used during the 17th century. Image hosted at www.london-fir...
Modern fire-axe, photographed by Fotokannan.
Firehooks are used to help tear down buildings to stop fires from spreading as seen during a fire at Tiverton in Devon, England, 1612. The image was scanned from Adrian Tinniswood, By Permission of Heaven: The Story of the Great Fire of London (London: Jonathan Cape, 2003), pp. 76-77.
Illustration from the trade card of John Keeling of Blackfriars (1670s), showing his fire engine in use. Four men pumped water into a hose at the centre. Inscription reads "These Engins (which are the best) to quinch great fires, are ..." with the subtitle "John Keeling Fecit" (John Keeling made it). Copy from Pepys Library in Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Map of central London in 1666, showing landmarks related to the Great Fire of London. Drawn by Bunchofgrapes in Corel Draw, using public domain Image:Map.London.gutted.1666.jpg as both a reference and background.
Detail of Old London Bridge from "View of London Bridge" by Claude de Jongh (1632)
Woodcut showing Robert Hubert, from the collection of the Museum of London.
An illustration of the permanent gallows at Tyburn, which stood where Marble Arch now stands. This necessitated a three-mile cart ride in public from Newgate prison to the gallows. Huge crowds collected on the way and followed the accused to Tyburn. They were used as the gallows for London offenders from the 16th century until 1759 (1680). Held by the National Archives.
Image of body collecting during the plague in London 1665, image reproduced at theconversatio...
Portrait of Richard Cromwell by an unknown artist (c.1650 -1655). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Charles II of England in Coronation robes by John Michael Wright (c.1661-1662). Held by the Royal Collection.
The execution of King Charles I by an unknown artist (c.1649). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
James II of England, then Duke of York by John Riley (1660s). Held by the Ashmolean Museum.
Portrait of Samuel Pepys by John Hayls (1666). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of John Evelyn by Robert Walker (1648). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Christopher Wren: Ichnographia urbis Londinii… (A Plan of the City of London, after the great FIRE, in the Year of Our Lord 1666.) From Geographicus Fine Antique Maps.
An aerial view of St Paul's Cathedral taken and shared by Mark Fosh.
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I mistakenly refer to the Staffordshire Hoard as the Sutton Hoo hoard during this video - I am choosing to blame this conflation on the fact that I am very excited about (hopefully...pandemic permitting) getting to see the Staffordshire Hoard being displayed at Sutton Hoo this year!
Just imagine finding something even remotely similar in value!! Hope you get to go!☺️
Staffordshire hoard is amazing. I live in Birmingham uk ... a proper Peaky Blinders fan. .... hahhh x
Is that the one made of broken Saxon jewelry and militaria?
You're only human Dr Kat! Hope you get to see it.
The Hoard would be a great topic for a video. Hope you are able to view it!
Sat with my 8 yr old grandson listening to you talk about the Great Fire of London. He was fascinated, maybe the start of an interest in history for him?
My Grandfather was always a history enthusiast, if not a scholar. I was about 10 when he first took me to a used bookstore to feed my developing interest in history. I miss him very much.
@@williamharris8367 same with me with my Grandma! When I was little we would read together. I’ve loved reading ever since
Lol! "Lady wee is far inferior for fire extinguishing."
Less easily aimed?
My sister and I attempted to wee like Daddy as children and to our disappointment merely soaked our jeans, lol.
Hilarious!
😂
Thank God for Pepys' Diary and the humanity of the description. Hope he enjoyed the cheese!
It was be nicely oak smoked.
From now on I will always remember “Save the cheese!” Whenever I go to my basement for a tornado (sans cheese).
Oh to be the heroes we describe in our diaries:
_Thank goodness I returned to London where I could explain to His Majesty what was happening outside and suggest bringing down buildings to slow the fire. His Highness and all of London could have been lost without my keen observations, decisive action, and calm direction. And to think, my wife actually scoffed at my supposed "rubber-necking" when I left for London to save the parmesan..._
I wonder if he dug it up and ate it.? Eeewwww 🤣🤣🤣🤣 was a devestating fire. How terrifying
I would love to see a video on Pepys. I read up on him recently and he’s a really interesting character in history! I also don’t blame him as I love me some cheese! 😂😂
This is going to sound weird but I liked hearing about the various conditions (i e the weather and buildings) that created the "perfect storm" for the fire. Thanks, Dr. Kat I always look forward to my Friday history lesson.
It was really fascinating, wasn't it?! As interesting as it was hearing it from Dr Kat.. I really think she could make anything sound as compelling, hahah 😉 Cheers
The picture showing the narrow street with the cantilevered successive upper stories drives home how tight it was.
Thanks, Dr. Kat. This is fascinating! Trying to imagine acres of molten lead on the streets really brought the scale of the disaster home to me. I think about all the medieval treasures lost, and all those books...but also of new St. Paul's; a gem among the world's most beautiful cathedrals.
I agree. Knowing that the fire was hot enough to melt the lead and send it flowing down several streets brought home to me how hot and persistent the fire was. I have a hard time believing only six people died in such a fire.
@@lav1073 Yes, me too. There were probably blackened, scattered remains in the rubble, and some dead may have been hurriedly buried and basically forgotten.
A fire burning that hot and long , with tons of rubble crushing a incinerated body, might render it unrecognizable in the massive cleanup that followed. The mass exodus would have left many uncounted as fatalities for some days, weeks or more, until they found their way to their families, somewhere outside the city proper. With a disaster on this scale at that time, it could well be impossible to determine the body count.
I doubt the death rate as well...accounts at the time discussed many missing.
And heat like that leaves nothing...
You are a wonderful teacher. I recently retired as a Special Education teacher but you and your videos have sparked a pleasure for history that I didn’t know was there. Wonder if I would have been as happy being a historian. Sending my gratitude and admiration from San José, Costa Rica.
Several years ago, when bushfires were raging near my home in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, I went out on the deck first thing in the morning to check the progress of the fires during the night, and found a layer of ash all over the floor. This was nothing new- bushfires were a yearly occurrence near my home, but when I looked closer, I saw the remnants of print on many of the pieces of ash. Someone had just lost all their books. Nothing compared to lives and habitat, but still, I will never forget the sadness I felt seeing that ashy print. Fast forward to 2020, and it seems we had the Great Fires of Australia before the plague. Trust Down Under to get it backwards. 😏
For 6 years we ,I've in a street on the Sydney northern beaches. The street had a CFU (Community Fire Unit) as a first line of defence. We had some excellent training from the fire service that warned that houses were most at risk in the hours after the fire had passed due to smouldering embers hidden away in the structure.
Samuel Pepys' diary entries were fascinating. His observations and descriptions of his own efforts to preserve his valuables echo what many of us might recount and do today if faced with a similar calamity. In fact, I recall moving my essential documents and valuables to my car on the night a fire broke out in a house near my home. I can certainly see myself burying them in my backyard however! Thankfully, the fire was quickly extinguished, and the rest (as they say) is history.
The burying cheese and wine brought me back to a memory of learning about this in primary school that I didn't know I had
TGIF, it means Dr. Kat!!!! ♡
Your videos are the best part of my Fridays, Dr. Kat. :)
Dramatic, huge tragedies are usually caused by a series of small events. The costs are under reported. Rebuilding is rarely ever finished as populations move elsewhere.
“As we all know Lady Wee is not an effective fire extinguisher” is now my favorite phrase 😂🤣😂
"Lady wee" hahahahahaha!! Awesome! Thanks for doing this video. I love history and your videos are interesting, informative, and entertaining.
Great video, Dr. Kat! I've seen several documentaries on this topic. It never ceases to amaze me how people can utterly lose their senses in such a situation. The story of people attacking and killing a woman who was carrying baby chicks in her apron horrifies me. They had gotten it into their heads that she was carrying fireballs and was spreading the fire.
I can't wait for the next episode of Monarchs Anonymous! 😉🤴
Nophing changes.Look at what is happening Now
I hate to think of all the animals that must have been trapped; after people, they are my greatest concern in fires.
My greatest concern during a fire would be animals first then people second. People would know what's going on and could help themselves whereas animals wouldn't know (at least not as much as us) and couldn't help themselves as much as we can. But yeah I agree 😢 when I was a teenager a house a neighborhood over from mine burnt down I forgot how it started but the owners were at work when it happened and their poor pets one cat and two dogs ended up dying in the fire 😢
And so I may have “Save the cheese” ringing in my head the next time I take shelter in the basement, but I will be cheeseless, with pets!
When I first saw that you had done The Fire i was a bit confused, But this was fantastic. I wonder what London would have been like today if there was no fire?. Thank you Dr Kat, looking forward to more Stuart history.
Ah, what a lost treasure trove of books!
Such an amazing look at a classic tragedy. Most folks fail to get the full details of a fire that long ago yet you breathe life into it. Thank you for never disappointing me. Keep up the great work educating me on fascinating history!
I really enjoyed this video. I had thought the fire of London slowed the plague by killing lots of rats, but I have to admit your take is more likely. The topic of the London fire is particularly interesting to me because I come from a city that also suffered a major fire, ours in 1871, the Great Chicago Fire. In Chicago, city officials scapegoated a cow to prevent others from scapegoating (and lynching) a likely suspect, a local drunk, Pegleg Sullivan, who is occasionally tried and usually acquitted as part of moot court competitions at local law schools. A friend of mine exonerated the cow in a book he wrote on the subject based on the historic land records and surveys. I got a chuckle about the burying of the Parmesan cheese in London. In Chicago, they buried the local land records in the sand on the beach to preserve them. I used to work for the company whose employees did that long before I worked there. When I first started, we were allowed to look through the formerly buried title books and they still had sand in them. Now, these books are specially stored and locked up. Similar to London, the Chicago fire destroyed a lot of wood buildings, dried from previous drought conditions, and building standards were changed after the fire and a much nicer city grew on top of the ruins. Chicago had no royal family of course but the members of wealthy families who stayed for rebuilding received similar praise for having stuck around.
I am a nurse and when I have worked in nursing homes and jails, in the event of a fire, along with evacuating patients, we are to save the medication, medication records and patient charts.
Thank you Dr Kat, a great and terrible story, the possible plague connection is interesting as is the information on how London was so ready to go up in flames!
And I agree with you that human nature hasn’t changed very much in either direction 🥰
Stay well ❣️
Oh to be the heroes we describe in our diaries:
_Thank goodness I returned to London where I could explain to His Majesty what was happening outside and suggest bringing down buildings to slow the fire. His Highness and all of London could have been lost without my keen observations, decisive action, and calm direction. And to think, my wife actually scoffed at my supposed "rubber-necking" when I left for London to save the parmesan..._
I lived in London 2000-2003 and one of the things I did was take a walking tour of the route of the great fire. I’m embarrassed to say I had forgotten that until today, so thanks for the memory nudge! I remember a monument of some kind and stairs...or maybe I don’t! It’s been a while! Thanks again for the video! Peggy
Yes, I believe it is actually called the Monument. Location of start of fire.
Thank you for that Dr Kat. I am a huge fan of Pepys and his diary, I hope your viewers follow up and read his full description of the days of the fire and afterwards. There is a wonderful entry about pigeons, another of his human touches.
Thank you Dr. Kat for your amazing narrative skills, and for delivering Tudor's history and UK history in such an entertaining way. I have always loved history, but your programme is really a joy, Bernardita Cardenas from Belgium.
How wonderful that diaries remain where events great and small were documented that give insight to future generations.
The part that fascinates me and baffles my mind most is the idea of a merchant evacuating his property and securing his wine and cheese elsewhere, over the course of several days, and then going home to sleep on that very property in the meantime. That takes a certain kind of chill.
Times change but people are always the same. Funny how rumours of plots etc started up - who knows how they started but I can just imagine it, this sounds so believable!
I've only been to London twice in 25 years, but is fascinating to walk the modern streets and think about all the changes which have occurred in over 1,500 years. The London Museum is amazing!!
Thanks for the absolutely super illustrations in this video, Dr K!
As with many great disasters - even today - I have no doubt at all that there were dire warnings from those aware of what could happen. Which, as today also, fell on deaf ears.
My goodness you’re a new mother! I’m impressed that you are back on track. Love your work.
I was just thinking to myself I could do with another of your videos - and here you are. Thanks very much!
Congratulations on 41k subscribers.
Your videos are very interesting.
I find your interpretation of history is very informative. I wish I had you has an history teacher I'm sure I would have passed my exam.
Love listening to you thank you. 💕
I seriously appreciate your views and interpretation of history so much, I look at history myself so much and often wonder why we can’t learn from it.....
As always another awesome video! I really look forward to every “Dr Kat video” Friday lol. I also really enjoyed hearing the Pepys diary cheese hiding anecdote. Those tidbits of knowledge and history really make your videos enjoyable!
This is a really fabulous recounting. I truly enjoyed it.
1666!Bizarre Number!
Well done, as always, Dr. Kat! I am fascinated at seeing the archeological remnants still found that show record of the extent this conflagration. Many cities have tales of destructive fires, but London's is probably the greatest, likely due to it's written documentation.
I love Sir Christopher Wren's monument to the Great Fire of London and used to pass it each day on my way into work. The view from the top part is rewarding and well worth the 202 ft climb. They also have a 360°camera which is sped up and shows the past 24°in a matter of minutes, fascinating.
The tragedy of this fire makes one realise how vulnerable the majority of the population were in their overcrowded wooden dwellings at that time.
Robert Hooke, FRS, made his name / money after carrying out over half the archaeological surveys after the 1666 tragedy. Prior to this he was a brilliant but impoverished scientist, who discovered the "cell" because as a junior to Boyle he built a microscope, discovered heat expanded matter, investigated light refraction etc, etc, etc. He initiated the idea of evolution and imho seemed to be almost a "Leonardo da Vinci" type of genius / polymath. I'm still not quite sure where it all went wrong for him as he is little remembered and his contemporaries ( especially Newton) all but managed to obliterate him and his reputation from the Royal Society, even removing his bust and portraits!!
Is it possible that you can tell us more as to what actually happened to bring him so far down, because when you examine the life of Samuel Pepys he was hardly an angel, but is fondly remembered.
Congratulations on 40k subscribers Dr. Kat ❤🥂🍾🎆🌞👍🎉💕.
Fantastic! I love your channel so much. This is so interesting and you deliver the information in such a great way.
I enjoyed your video so very much! It made me think about the great Chicago fire which we suffered here in the states. This one said to be started by a lady milk cow upsetting an oil lamp. It amazes me how such small occurances can have such a terrible impact upon the communities in which they happened. Thinking of small things then reminds me of the Corona virus. Such a small thing to have caused such grief and loss! I earnestly pray that the day will soon come when the fear of such diseases will pass away. May our future lead to generations who only know of such a thing as viruses from their history books and not from personal experience.
I always enjoy your uploads! I'm home on medical leave of absence right now and I absolutely love learning! You are an absolutely lovely teacher 🦋
Very intrigued while watching this video about history. I enjoy your videos and expanding my knowledge about all things British, although I am an American. I do love British history.
Would love to have a video on the history of African people in Europe
Great idea .... apparently the working classes and immigrants were very supportive of each other at one time !!! X
Historian David Olusoga did a series called Black and British for the BBC which is on You Tube
Lynne de Lacy Thank you!
I love history , I always feel grateful for the safety I enjoy visiting the past , thanking my lucky stars I wasn't actually there suffering with those unlucky people to be at a disaster or a war . I also reflect on the realisation that in a way we have all endure the tragedies of somewhere or other in time through our ancestors ,otherwise we wouldn't be here now perusing life vicariously via a laptop or tablet ensconced comfortably in bed .
I really, really enjoy your videos. I love how you go through primary and contemporary sources with us, rather than just saying 'this happened' as most history channels do. This was very interesting as I hadn't realised that (while devastating) the damage had been somewhat contained, so was unlikely to have anything to do with the plague greatly decreasing. Thanks again for another video!
Just fascinating..... great idea to bury the wine and the cheese. Dr Pepys diary entries were insightful and so very humanising of this tragical event. Very sad about the original St Paul's Cathedral and all of the books that were placed there in the hope that they would be safe. Just imagine all of the beautiful old and even ancient books and other various treasures that were burned. Fascinating History as usual Dr Kat. Thanks so much for this posting.
"circumstances conspired" ❤️
Thank you Dr. Kat, this was a very interesting video. I didn't know much about the Great Fire, and certainly don't recall hearing anything about molten lead! Sad to have lost the books, and that some people chose to use the as an excuse to act on their biases. Some things never change when it comes to hate and false accusations.
I'd love for you to do a video on that portrait of Charles II! Just who is that, over on the left there??
Samuel Pepys offered us a very detailed insight into the tragedy of the Great Fire of London and how the tragedy had brought out the best and worse in humanity. Such a great city during those times but sadly, no thoughts or insights in saving the city from disasters if one incident ever occurred. The medieval buildings were built one next to the other. Its like the structures were fused by bricks and stones. Some Lord in Parliament, should have called for the formation of early "fire brigades" that could somehow be located in the middle of olde London. Samuel Pepys have also given life and made us imagine, of the extent of people's dread and fear of a huge fire that might wipe clean their precious belongings and also cut short their lives, in it's path of destruction. Thank you for the documentary. I think I might want to locate Samuel Pepys diary kept somewhere in my room and enjoy a second read. Thanks Dr Kat. .
Last year exactly I've been in london, and went to the ine remnant of the fire, the house of banquets , that in an extraordinary way survived the fire. What a change to this year...
Always look forward to your weekly “lessons” This was particularly fascinating😎
This is rapidly becoming one of my favourite UA-cam channels. And to think, I found it as part of my research for an assignment for a cybersecurity degree...
Oh my gosh I so enjoyed this thank you so much! I’d happily watch you on the BBC your delivery was fabulous and had me holding on to every word... we studied the subject in school back in the 70’s but listening to you documentary was gripping. I never thought about things like the “weather” or that people would rubber neck 🤔. As humans unfortunately we haven’t changed much have we? But again thank you so much. 🙏🏻
What a perfect lesson about the Great London Fire! 👏 Applause 👏. I’m Dutch and as a teenager (65 years ago) I’ve learned at school in Holland about the Great Fire of London. Our history teacher was very mediocre compared to the quality of the lessons of dr. Kat. 👌👍
Dr. kat, I love your voice and calming nature. Thank you for the work you put into your channel.
Hello Dr.Kat I watched the mini series of the Great Fire about 6 years ago Andrew Buchanan played the owner of the Baker love historical stories. Stay safe Dr.Kat and happy Friday💞
Wow... I cannot imagine such an awful happening! I watched a neighbors house burn when I was about 6, I dreamed of that fire for years to follow and still do occasionally. They lost one of their children and a pet. I cannot image how the people of that time would have been permanently scarred but such a tragedy. I also find it hard to believe that all that fire and only 6 souls were lost.
Thanks for the face on narrating instead of just pictures. That adds so much emotion and depth to the matter.
Hi doctor Kat. I'm not new since I've seen a whole of your episodes. But I did enjoy this as a second episode. Thank you for your constant readings of the past.
I simply love your videos. You are a breath of fresh air. I also love learning about different topics in history. Please keep it up Dr Kat. Congratulations on the baby 🙂
I truly enjoy your very proper delivery yet with occasional cheeky sarcasm! I look forward to every one of your stories!
Im watching your lovely channel, from Prince George County, Virginia on the James River, with my 8 year old, (we just finished the smallpox vaccine episode) and "lady wee" cracked her up. But it was awesome to have a chance to talk about our history with the Stuart-Hanover named area, and giggle and learn! You're the best Dr Kat!
Fire is always terrifying,we know that here in Australia.The suffering of the people of lesser means than Peypes et al would have been unimaginable,for years after.Still gives me shivers to think of it😱
Great video. Fascinating facts.
Find it had to believe CW's plans to rebuild London were rejected. Any idea on what basis? Did his plans perhaps have a street layout that wasn't so jumbled and convoluted?
Yes, and that was the reason they were rejected. The powers that be wanted the old medieval street layout. (He did get an awful lot of architectural work though!)
That was really good! Really good! Human nature never changes.
This is terrific! I love listening to you . You have a lovely voice and read beautifully.. Also Pepys diary is fascinating--very real. He illustrates the human reaction to things, which I think has not changed much if at all. How about a video about Christopher Wren?
Thank you for this wonderful video!
You stay safe, healthy & happy too! Have a fabulous weekend 😃
I adore your channel! Thank you for the work you do to bring knowledge and enjoyment to others! So happy to see your channel growing ❤
Awesome video as usual! And a fascinating topic!
So glad the Tower of London made it through and didn’t get blown up.
Always enjoy your thorough analysis of the subject matter. Excellent presentations.
Happy Friday!
Great topic Kat x
Thank you, Dr. Kat. The illustrations were wonderful!
I am a lover of all things English History related so this certainly did not disappoint! Keep up the great work Dr Kat 🔥🔥🏫🏫
Your videos are the very best. And you are a fun person. Makes all the difference. Thank- you. Dave
Woooo, Dr. Kat posted 11 seconds ago - perfect timing!
Edit: As always a great video, and as always I eagerly await the next 😁
30 seconds later :)
Just stumbled upon your channel, and I am completely enthralled! I am now binge watching and absolutely love your style and knowledge.
Thank you.
Dear Dr. Kat, I thoroughly enjoy your presentations. So informative, pleasantly presented. I look forward to your future videos.
The account of all the lead from St.Paul's roof melting and flowing in the streets stands in contrast to all the fears about melted lead from the roof of Notre Dame de Paris.
Excellent...thank you for the discussion of scapegoats.
Your statements on half the members of the human race then and now in times of crisis,is quite true. It's being played out again in the strange and shameful response to covid-19. Do we have a near 50/50 response of heroes and fools? Again, still?
Wow this was extremely interesting. Thank you. 🙂
Lovely as always; and by lovely I mean it is a pleasure learning about history with you. Thank you very much.
True or not it must have been some consolation that the plague no longer troubled England. I guess we all need to look at the bright side. As Elizabethan times seems to be one of your fortes, could you give us some inside information about Sir Francis Walsingham?
Yes an episode on Sir Francis Walsingham would be of particular interest... 🤞
Agree, Walsingham fascinates me also.
I love all of Dr. Marchant's videos!❤
Another brilliant, thoroughly researched, and expertly presented video. Exactly right about scapegoating, alas. Thank you, Dr. Kat. 🙂❤
Was intrigued by the support and assistance of Charles 2, you mentioned him not deserting his people and than supporting a swift rebuilding reminded me of the work Prince William and his wife Catherine have been doing during the pandemic to help and support the people of U.K. and commonwealth (and I’m not even british! But I have heard of it), vs that of Prince Harry who relocated with his wife to LA and is now living what seems to be an empty faux humanitarian life style.
Always intriguing how history can help illuminate the present.
If one must save one's parmesan cheese from the fire, it is best to bury it in one's garden. And you're right, that's absolutely charming.
Thank you so much for the history lessons, I totally enjoy them.
What an interesting topic! It’s too bad no one back then, didn’t realize that, like you said, it was basically a “tinderbox”. Fire codes were unheard of and apparently not even thought about.
Some many artifacts, paintings, portraits, cathedrals, buildings & lives etc all burned which was very telling of that time...all gone.
I can imagine the rumors, blaming and often for political gain. So many suspects and “scapegoats”.
Once again, an excellent topic. Thank you!
Toni Stark
Not exactly not thought about- there were laws about cleaning out one’s chimneys several times a year, in the Tudor era- & copping one hell of a fine if you didn’t... that being said, I think people have a ‘don’t think stuff is going to happen to me’-mentality - the people of London (& other places) lived with the risk of fire for ages, & it had *_never_* been this **bad** - &, of course, innovation & change costs 💷 & no one really wants to put their hand up, to foot the bill...
OcarinaSapph1r3 -24 thank you. I think I was talking about when Dr Kat was speaking of leaving hay around for their livestock near houses, houses being so close together etc. and lots of “tinder type” issues not necessarily just about fireplaces. Plus, I think drought and wind might have played a part. Thank you for letting me know about them being fined if their chimney wasn’t cared for. Yes of course, we still have that attitude “it won’t happen to me” still today. Thanks again. Nice to know 👍🏼.
Thoroughly enjoyed this reading
I've shared your talks on Facebook, they're just so good and professional. You're so clever, I sincerely wish you success as your memory and knowledge is superb. Goog luck and thanks .
Just a wonderful presentation. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and insights!
Great - my seven year old was learning about the great fire of London during lockdown.
This is great. Please can you do an episode on Angel Meadows in Manchester?