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  • The Great Fire of London

    par 2nde5_6 SE

    In the 17th century, London was a busy medieval city. The houses were in timber and very close to each other. A domestic accident was very likely. The streets were narrow and dusty and it was very crowded. Inside their houses, people used candles or oil lamps to get some light and they cooked (...)

  • 345 years ago : The Great Fire of London

    par 2nde5_6 SE

    My story took place in September 1666. We were in a major city of medieval Europe : London. We were in Pudding Lane, it was early in the morning, maybe 4 or 5 a.m.
    Everybody was asleep. Almost everybody was asleep : The baker was already at work, baking his bread.
    Was it a candle, an oil (...)

  • The Great Fire of London

    par 2nde5_6 SE

    THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
    The Great Fire of London began on the night of September 2nd, 1666, as a small fire on Pudding Lane, in the bakery of Thomas Farynor, King Charles II’s baker. His maid was wrong with the ovens at the end of the night. The heat created by the ovens caused sparks which (...)

  • The Great Fire of London

    par 2nde5_6 SE

    The great fire of 1666 was a fire which ravaged the center of London on the 2nd September. The fire started in the premises of a baker very early in the morning in Pudding Lane. It could have begun because of a candle, an oil lamp or just because of an oven or a domestic fireplace. London was, (...)