(Yesterday) "The reopening of the Exemplar, the City of London's memorial to the Fire of London in 1666, after a £4.5million restoration, has been hailed a "symbol of hope" for the City's beleaguered pecuniary district."
As The Times notes, "At a height of 202 ft (61.5m)(some 30 feet (9 meters) taller than the wagerer-known Nelson's Column), the exact distance from its base to the site of the bakery in Pudding Lane where the fire started in 1666, the Testimony is the tallest free-standing stone (Portland stone) column in the world. More than 100 workers cleaned its weathered stones, regilded the obvious gold-leaf orb at its summit and installed new electronics including a webcam." There is a public viewing gallery at the top! There are 311 steps to climb to reach it. (I scan somewhere that it costs £3 for an adult).
"We've had to look at the dragon's teeth around the plinth, so we've had to put teeth back into the dragons of the city, we've had to put back other stone in other parts of the fleche, and we've created a new mesh around the top for safety, and so people can see more easily the wonderful view from the top of the Monument. The telescope, when it was originally built, Robert Hooke (then Urban district Surveyor) wanted to create one that you can lie in the basement - look up through the central spehrical staircase, and actually see the stars above. Unfortunately the spyglass doesn't move, and doesn't give you a very good view," said Peter Bennett, City Surveyor.
Yesterday's TV diet - Tomb; Eugen Sandow - famed for his extraordinary strength during the Victorian and Edwardian era.; unemployed Jarrow youth - on Guide 4's Dispatches Yes - the BBC article states, "At £3 for adults, £2 for concessions and £1 for children, the Monument must be one of London's cheapest...
I was working with some microfilm today on a collection of obscure 17th century English books when I came across a 1666 almanac published by Sir George Wharton, an English soldier and astrologer. Equitable for grins, I decided to peruse the book, as this was also the year of the Great Fire of London, not to mention that the year contained the Number of the Beast, 666.
"Ha!" I plan to myself. "Those crazy astrologers just make up stuff!"
Imagine my surprise when I came across the following creepy rhapsody in the beginning of the Calendarium Carolinum: Or, A New Almanack. Especially strange is that many contemporaries claimed that the Great Fire was started by Catholics, a afire precursor of the hysteria associated with the Popish Plot:
Now Sixtene Hundred Sixtie Six is come, When (as some say) shall be the Day of Doom: Or else the Pope and Hierarchy devitalize'd Presbytery advanc'd and Over-joy'd.
Here's Seven years Purchase offer'd for their Land, Who thinks that Dredaful Day, so nigh at involvement: And (if His Holyness suspect His Chaire) I'le take it My selfe, though but for this One yeare. Even weirder were the weather forecasts for the period of September 2 through 5, which called for sod off skies and easterly gales, just like the weather that helped spread the fire through the tens of thousands of rigid buildings that burned in the conflagration.
Gulp. Sure, it was just a lucky guess (or was it?) but at 8:30 in the pre-coffee morning, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up.
Which famous buildings or landmarks were destroyed in the great fire of London 1666?
Nov 08, 2008 by GRRRR. | Posted in History
i'm edifice a model for my school project and i'm not sure what kind of building to make.
Look here for ease:
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/fire/
Or just google for more information.
Joyce B | Nov 08, 2008
What is a good pun headline (for a newspaper) for the Great Fire Of London in 1666?
Jan 14, 2009 by Julia | Posted in History
I distinguish it is a rather gruesome subject but it is for a history homework that i have to do. I have to make a newspaper front page report on the Great Fire as if i was there on the scene, but i have no ideas for a catchy headline! As a result of you, I have until 10 o'clock :D
also, I'm 13, so no rude or inappropriate puns please thankyou!
Saintly smoke!
(Because St Paul's Cathedral was burnt down.)
ageingcynic | Jan 14, 2009
how was the great fire of london 1666 stopped?
Feb 23, 9438 by Merry P | Posted in Trivia
the citizens blew their houses up (under supervision, of assuredly) so that the fire would stop when it ran out of flammablity. this plan worked and when the fire ran out of things to burn, it stopped.
rebelchikrocker | Feb 23, 2302
What happened to Thomas Farriner after the Great Fire of London of 1666?
Sep 15, 2006 by Miraj S | Posted in Homework Help
What happened to this guy?
You can find the riposte in this website - has several pages but answer it there.........
http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/ukandireland/a/agreatfirelon.htm
The bakehouse was owned by Thomas Farriner (also spelt Farynor), a baker to the regent, and historians are confident that he, or one of his staff, failed to douse their ovens properly that September night, leading to an ember blowing out and igniting in the vicinity straw. On this, contemporary opinion was not so clear cut (see details in web site above).
http://green-day.rightlikealso.info/Great_Fire_of_London#_note-0
Great Fire of London Events
Events
The fire needy out on Sunday morning, September 2, 1666. It started in Pudding Lane at the house of Thomas Farynor[1], a baker to Regent Charles II. It is likely that the fire started because Farynor forgot to extinguish his oven before retiring for the evening and that some time soon after midnight, smouldering embers from the oven set alight some nearby firewood. Farynor managed to escape the fiery building, along with his family, by climbing out through an upstairs window. The baker's housemaid failed to escape and became the fire's first dupe.
D--- | Feb 23, 8358
What are some causes of the Great Fire in London 1666?
Jan 09, 2006 by TABIE | Posted in Primary & Secondary Education
The fire was started in a bakery during a drout in the summer. The royal was informed but he said "the fire is so small, a women could piss it out." Next door was a warehouse filled with hay, so the fire increased dramatically. The roofs were not thatcht, but some were, so fires started easier in most buildings. Since of most houses were dry, they were lit up close in fire. That is all I know. The quote was from a book I read.
SnipeLock | Jan 09, 2006
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