American Couple Reacts: Great Fire of London! 1666! FIRST TIME REACTION!! 

We talked about doing this in another video that only gave a slight mention of it. There's a lot of information here and the chills this video gave us are still felt. The Great Fire of London was an absolute devastation of insane proportions! We learned so much about it in this episode and yet there are still so many questions! A part of History that will always be talked about, even though so much will always be unknown. Let us know if you learned anything with us. Also, we had several questions during and after the Reaction and would love your responses if you have them. Thanks for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our RU-vid channel and it's FREE! Also please click the Like button. Thanks so much for watching!

London being a very rainy city is a myth. For example New York has on average twice that of London per year. Being foggy is another. Almost 0 fog in London. It used to have smog caused from coal fires. Love your vids. 👍

Interesting point, a wedge of Parmesan was, quite literally, worth it's weight in gold at the time

The reason Samuel Pepys has a Blue Plaque, is because his diary is one of the only written daily records of the Great Fire of London and life in the 1660s etc. His Diary is a classic read for students here

You might now be interested in 'The second great fire of London' 29th December 1940, the most intense fire bombing of the City of London during the Blitz and the remarkable efforts to save St Paul's Cathedral

Just found out that it rains almost 3 times as much in Cincinnati as it does in London, I’m not totally surprised, the heaviest rain I’ve ever seen was in Indiana, but what we do get is light drizzle a bit more often

King Charles and his brother not only helped organise putting out the fire they both actually participated in manually pouring buckets of water on to the fire.

Hi ladies, you may be interested to know that when the new Globe Theatre was being built in London about 40 years ago, they had to get a special dispensation to construct it as it was to be a timber structure with a thatched roof which had to be treated with a fire suppressant.

The best precis of the great Pepys diary and a marvellous account of his amazing life is the biography by Claire Tomalin "The Unequalled Self". It was during the time that Pepys was keeping his diary that the monachy was restored. Britain - London in particular - was in enormous political turmoil, naturally, and Pepys was at the heart of the action. This, the fire and the plague - Pepys lived in momentous times. Imagine living in Berlin at the time of the fall of Communism, the breaking down of the Berlin Wall and then throw in Covid and the destruction of Berlin by the Russians in 1945. Although he was not an MP - and to general astonishment these days was never knighted - he spent much time at the House of Parliament - Commons and Lords - getting the inside track on what was happening. He himself had a very senior civil service job, Secretary to The Navy Board. He answered to The Duke of York. In those days the Duke of York [the younger brother of the monarch] was the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces [Army and Royal Navy]. There is a hilarious passage in The Diary where Pepys is one of a group attending the King and his Queen, the Portugese Catherine of Braganza. Suffice to say that this passage was one that did not make it into the very much edited Victorian edition of The Diary. Sam was a very naughty fellow and rightly got a lot of stick from his wife. Even today, the TV historian/presenter Lucy Worsley went bright pink when the person explaining the event to her recounted this detail.

When I went to the Museum of London's Fire! Fire! Exhibition, they said the death toll from the Fire was 6 or 7, but the following winter was absolutely bleak, and the death toll among those who were made homeless was well into the many thousands.

We have just had a week with no rain. In the summer in my part of England we may get six or more weeks without rain. It varies from year to year. We have had droughts and water rationing. Large grass fires in the countryside etc. This was a problem when we had steam trains as embankment grass fires were put out by staff and sometimes passengers alike.

London is very dry in relation to the West of the country. It even has less rain than Rome which has a much warmer climate. It is a myth that it rains all the time in the UK. We do get plenty of rain, especially in winter, but we also get some prolonged periods without any rain at all. Last summer was particularly dry and much hotter than normal. They are talking about building extra reservoirs outside London due to water shortages in summer.

Hi girls, just looked up Great Fire of London Drama, it was on ITV in 2014 and starred Tom Bradby, hope this helps you find it. I watched it and it was very good.

Hi Natasha and Debbie! The end of that vdeo, about early fire brigades letting uninsured buildings burn is not strictly true and is a bit more complex. Tom Scott recently did a video entitled 'I was Wrong (and so was Everyone Else)' if you want to check it out further.

There is one detail I'd bring up, especially as it relates to what you were saying at the end of your reaction. It was actually the bakers maid who discovered the fire, who then woke the baker. Not only did that act save the bakers family, it allowed word to spread before the fire started consuming surrounding houses. So she could very well be the reason so few died. Unfortunately, we will never know who this maid was as there are no surviving records. Also, the Duke of York should be remembered for actually fighting the fire up close and personal. While the King was gathering and sending resources, his brother was on the burning streets, like a general rallying his mauled troops, directing what efforts should go where. As for causes, I think most believe the baker had left hot embers when he went to bed. He denied it but it's the most plausible theory. Another theory being that the maid discovered the fire because she accidentally started it by knocking/dropping a candle

Learned loads, thanks girl. Like you I did learn about the Fire at School and even visited Pudding Lane and Monument to the Great Fire. The Fire and the subsequent years following would make an excellent drama series.

Thanks for the video, I did learn some! A few interesting things to note.... Firstly, September in the UK can be really hot and dry. 5 days with no rain is not uncommon. Secondly, some of those early insurance companies from the 1600s STILL EXIST. For instance, that plaque with the sun emblem that the video showed belongs to SunLife Insurance, which only 'recently' changed their logo. Thirdly, I read somewhere that if your house was on fire and you didn't have insurance you might get approached by a gentleman or two who would offer to buy your house while it was burning. Obviously, since it was burning, you would sell it cheap in desperation to get any sort of money out of the disaster and save whatever contents you could safely carry out. Sale agreed, the new owner would slap an insurance emblem he'd handily brought with him and call the fire brigade he'd kept waiting just around the corner. They would put out the fire and he'd be the new owner of a fine piece of London property to add to his portfolio. You, however, were left with a paltry sum and whatever belongings you'd managed to carry out. It was a cut throat business!!

Note the "old" London bridge in the pictures. Recent research has questioned the actual starting point of the Great Fire. There have been several TV programmes on the fire but I don't think there's a movie. It doesn't rain ALL the time over here, just often.

Yes there was a t.v. drama made and it was in four parts it was called "THE GREAT FIRE" and it was first aired in 2014.

The ferry men that were at the time taking people across the river for a small fee during the great fire actually hiked up there prices because they could see the panic rush in people wanting to get away.

To get a feel of what the streets would have been like look at theShambles in York

I remember reading a theory about how the fire may have started, under certain conditions flour particles suspended in the air and around the bakery can become explosive and may have combusted when they came into contact with a lit candle or a still burning ember in the oven.

Thx once again for an informative video and your entertaining reaction thereto. Logic suggests your next historical video might me on the Black Death in Britain, or maybe throughout Europe. A story to note might be that of the village of Eyam. Btw, a common misconception about London is that it rains a lot. In fact, in an average September it only rains 1mm or more on six days, which is less than in New York. PS: Sorry about your cough! However, as my 10-yr old grandson said to me after I had a coughing spell whilst on Skype with him, "Don't worry, Gramps. It's not the cough which carries you off; it's the coffin they carry you off in!" 🙄🤭

great video yet again ladies, so tragic . i learned a lot of the London history by visiting London dungeons with my high school is 2003 , that was creepy and i ran into a mirror and apologized to my reflection because it was dark.

Hi guys I just watched the fire of London vid and u mentioned the black plague I am a new subscriber to your channel so I don’t know if you have done the plague if not did you know nursery rhymes were written to tell the children what to look for it they thought a person was a plague carrier “. Ring a ring a roses a hand full of poses a tishyou a tishyou we all fall down “ because the spots were in rings on your body any you would start to smell so they used flowers to hold to there nose then they would start to sneeze then fall down dead . There were so many graves that the graves stretched way out of London and were they finished they called graves end which Ed it is still called today . Love what you do guy lots of love from Andy of Felixstowe suffolk UK.

There was a docudrama made for ITV in 2014 called 'The Great Fire'. And the museum of London I think has some videos (on RU-vid)of one of their exhibition about the great fire.

It's a myth that the UK is always raining. We are known to have long periods of dry weather, not necessarily hot but just dry, like last year where we were warned that if we don't get enough rainfall over this winter we could experience a drought later this year...so no it doesn't rain all the time 😁

The whole fire insurance and them not bothering if you weren't insured thing turns out to have been a myth, Tom Scott did a video on it recently "I was wrong (and so was everyone)"

Great video, I love learning about history. We have such an interesting history in the UK xx

Another brilliant video, thanks to the people who are pointing you in the direction of great info! Looking forward to Monday - take care.

Many fire plaques still exist and are collectable. They can be found on popular auction sites.

Another factor in the fire spreading so quick was that London was actually full of gunpowder left over from the civil war, gunpowder was also used to blow up some of the streets to create the fire breaks especially around the Tower of London as pulling down by hooks was too slow

It sounds ridiculous to bury cheese, but back then it was probably one of the most expensive things he owned.

24:47 they wouldn't drive off and leave the house to burn. Tom Scott covered this - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wif1EAgEQKI.html

GREAT NEWS MAGIC MONDAY WOOHOO. Sorry for the shouting but it is exciting news albeit a brief return. Love, hugs and prayers from Sussex, UK PS Regarding the names it is true people were named like this and I believe it was still going on in the Victorian Era.

Its quite surprising that the number of casualities was low giving the time of when it started and how fast it spread and had so many factors against them. I have been to the area and seen the monument, stayed in a hotel on Pepys street which was named after Samual Pepys & had information about him. In the London Megacity reaction you did 2 weeks ago they spoke about that it is a myth that London gets a lot of rain, and it gets half the rainfall of New York which you were surprised about, the West and North get more rain & the East of England gets less especially in warmer months.

Great video! This was a really well made on to react to as well. During our Civil Wars, or rather during the Commonwealth / Republic period specifically there was a Parliament (as in the official parliament of the country) known as the Parliament of Saints, but better known as Barebone’s Parliament - named after Praise-God Barebone (which would have been 13 years before this). There was also a Unless-Jesus-Christ-Had-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebone but it’s unsure if that was his Baptismal name or his brother’s. That’s Puritans for you… I imagine there’d have been similar names in New England at the time too Also Barebone’s house was one of those engulfed by the fire, one of the westernmost houses to be burned The plaque and fire insurance is exactly how it worked in the US, until the late 19th century - supposedly if you didn’t have a plaque your fire didn’t get put out, that’s largely a myth as they would likely put the fire out otherwise other buildings would be at risk, you just wouldn’t get a payout. They have some examples in the Philadelphia Fireman’s Hall Museum (and presumably elsewhere but that’s one I’ve been to) - and of course Cincinnati had the first professional fire department in the US in the mid-19th century

Hi ladies! Just a quick note about weather, London is generally a bit warmer than Cincinnati in winter and a bit cooler in summer. Cincinnati usually has slightly clearer skies but less hours of daylight. Finally, Cincinnati has more days with rain or snow than London. (I am in Manchester, one of the rainiest places in England, deliberately built in the bowl of the surrounding hills to maximise damp conditions for the cotton factories. So far, 2023 has been far more sunny than not.)

Samuel Pepys was Secretary to the Navy and was responsible for much of the reorganisation that led to the Royal Navy becoming dominant in the 18th and 19th centuries.

There are a couple of stories about Sir Chrisopher Wren and the rebuilding of St Pauls. The first is that when he was walking the rubble where the old St Pauls stood he came upon a piece of the alter stone. On this was carved the latin "resurgam" which translates as "I shall rise again." On the south side of the Cathedral, which faces the Thames, he had carved a phoenix rising from the ashes. The phoenix is there, wether the story of the carved alter stone is true I don't know. I must add, I enjoy your videos. Keep them coming.

We are talking about the year 1666, insurance ? Being grateful they hadn’t died of plague the year before was probably most uppermost in their minds.

It really doesn't rain all the time here. Just when you didn't take an umbrella with you.

We do know that the fire started in Pudding Lane but we don't know for definite if it started in the bakery but it is the best theory that we have as for the specific location for the start of this fire.

In WW2 St Paul's Cathedral only survived burning down due to the brilliant work of civilians tackling the incendiary bombs landing on the roof. There's great film footage taken from the roof of the cathedral that night showing the fires below totally surrounding it in a RU-vid video titled LONDON FIRE BRIGADE DURING BATTLE OF BRITAIN MOVIE 28232A - almost looks like The Great Fire 1940 - the sequel.

Despite popular belief it isn’t always raining in the UK. Particularly through the summer we can go for weeks and weeks without rain. Just last summer we actually had a drought and in many areas in the south were officially on a drought footing and water was rationed.

IN old London houses were built of WOOD not like today. They were built very close , you could lean over and meet your neighbours from the top floors. So when there is a fire it had a lot of fuel and air to burn. YES the fire was traced to Pudding Lane, but we do not know if it was a candle or fire place where the fire was lite. The fire was spread so fast because they did not have a fire brigade service.[ I met the lady in your video as she gives talks on history]

"Blue Plaques" , now there's a subject for an educational video all by itself

Great video ladies. Greetings from Birmingham UK😎

There was a Drama on TV some years ago. I will see if I can find it. In bakeries at that time, at the end of the day, it was the kitchen maids job to rake out the embers from the oven and make sure they were out before they went to bed. Either she did not do her job properly or something caught fire when she did it. The weather in the UK was different to modern times, seasons were defined, summers were warm and dry and winters really cold, in fact so cold that the River Thames froze and winter markets, skating etc were carried out on it. BTW 17th C clothing is very comfortable.

Recent investigation indicates that the fire began in the next road to Pudding Lane. How the fire started is now impossible to state, however the probability is it was from a poorly tended open fire, a candle that fell over, a problem with oil lamp. You can never completely rule out arson either. As here is no physical evidence remaining we will never know. Thatched rooves were widely used in rural areas and posed too much risk in areas of dense population. Closely packed wooden buildings and the dry summer meant that conditions were ideal to propagate fire. As another comment points out, Parmesan Cheese was incredibly expensive at that time. Although Pepys was quite wealthy, he was a civilian administrator at the Admiralty, he couldn't afford to lose such a valuable commodity. Bear in mind that the ability to fight fires in the 1660s was very rudimentary. Parishes provided their pump if you were lucky, but this had to be fed with water by hand (bucket chain) from a well or stream. it had to be positioned very close to the seat of the fire, there were no hoses. This meant that they were not at all efficient at fire fighting. Better than nothing, but only just. Stone with crack and explode when subjected to sufficiently high temperatures. Mediaeval churches although predominantly stone did contain a lot of timber, particularly in the rooves. Witness the recent fire at Notre Damme a couple of years ago. Bear in mind that ANYTHING will burn if you make it sufficiently hot. Do not trust the casualty figures. They would only indicate the members of the higher strata of the population. The number of common folk will never be known because it would not have been sufficiently important to the authorities to record it. also the plague was still rampant, the fire is thought to have contributed to it's demise in the city, though obviously not elsewhere though it was probably declining naturally by then. N.B. In the previous decade there had been a war with the Dutch over maritime trade. A Dutch fleet had sailed up the Thames and destroyed many vessels of the Navy at Chatham. The problems were relatively short lived and relations with the Dutch have historically been pretty good. That was Barbon's real name. he was probably of a family of enthusiastic puritans (like your own founding Fathers) and given a name to reflect their faith. Insurance fire brigades were notoriously unreliable and never had a good reputation. The fire marks are still visible on some old buildings around the country and are highly prized by collectors. The Ancient Romans had a municipal fire brigade that was better trained and equipped than anyone anywhere by this time and it was not until 1826 in Edinburgh (in response to a massive fire) that a municipal full time fire brigade was established by a Naval Lt, James Braidwood who was an expert on ship board fire fighting. He was subsequently poached by London and supervised the fire that wrecked the Houses of Parliament and died at a warehouse fire in 1847. As the result of the fire in London it was decided that better provisions were required and the Superintendent of Fire from Amsterdam, Jan Van Der Huyden was brought in. He introduced innovations like the delivery hose (leather with metal rivets) and a crude water main fashioned from hollowed logs. I know some of these obscure facts because I was a fireman for thirty years and I like history.

there are several relatively long documentaries about the Great Fire on RU-vid it would have been nice if she'd mentioned it but the columb shown at the end is in fact the monument to the Great Fire at ine time it was possible for the public to climb an internal spiral staircase to get to the top and observe London

Good video. Yes it is accepted fact that the fire started in the bakery in Pudding Lane. What this video doesn’t mention is the fact that flour is 35 times more explosive than gunpowder if the situation is right…hence why the fire spread so quickly. The bakery exploded once the fire temperature was hot enough sending burning wood and embers further and causing the fire to spread in all directions at once.

the last thing ide think about is saving my wine and cheese just getting out and being safe

Another great reaction video ladies. So nmuch so I have watched it twice! My favourite subject at school was History and it still is. I have my own theory that the fire was started on purpose because of the plague the year before and they didn't want the plague to start up again, but we will never know. A good reaction video would be on the plague of London as I think others have mentioned in their comments. Keep up the good nworkn girls! You are smashing it!

Two of the main theories of how it started are that either someone raked out the oven and accidentally left a glowing ember on the floor, or that flour and dust in the air could have created an electric spark. Although it says "Old St Pauls had scaffolding on it" it was actually pretty much a ruin before the Great Fire. The reason there was scaffolding was because the spire had collapsed 100yrs previously and never been restored (there was even a song about an apple tree growing in the ruins lol). Even with extensive restoration the underlying subsidence would have made it impractical to maintain in the long term. At one point there was even a rumour that the fire was a deliberate ploy to finally destroy the old structure once and for all but this is clearly untrue since the fire didn't start here and they would've had no idea which way the flames would spread. On the map at 18:00 on the video you will see on the far righthand side how close the fire was to the Tower of London. This was the biggest worry out of all during the fire as that's where most of England's store of gunpowder was. We were that close to London going into orbit! Even as the fire was ongoing, people were already blaming foreign forces. The Dutch were enemies largely for our competition on the sea and in the New World- New Amsterdam had become New York only two years earlier (named not after the city of York, but after Charles II's brother James, Duke of York mentioned in this video). Catholics (eg the French) were also a popular one for blame. There were stories- during the fire!- of people beating up foreigners or lynching the foreign neighbour they'd never really liked and now had an excuse to hate. The King and his brother James sent out men on horseback to basically rescue any such foreigners and they were taken back to the palace to escape. While on the subject of the King and his brother, they literally went down to the fire and stood there with the ordinary people hauling buckets of water up from the Thames and personally digging fire breaks with spades. James in particular was seen to work like this from dawn until dusk. Londoners never forgot what the brothers did at that time (When Charles died 20yrs later, it's said that ordinary poor people cried openly in the streets). [Side note- our current king once said that he considered the name unlucky for kings, presumably referring to the first Charles's unfortunate incident with an executioner wielding an axe. I think calling the name "unlucky" is rather unfair on the second Charles.] As for the aftermath, like the Blitz the rebuilding was ongoing for decades, and money had to be found to build all these churches etc. Modern banking and economics (as well as the British Empire) might not have been conceived as a result of the fire, but their influence speeded up considerably as a result of fire-ravaged London needing money. A lot of laws were relaxed to speed up the process of rebuilding (and other laws strengthened to ensure it never happened again), and London was well on it's way within 20yrs of the fire. As for the ordinary people who lived in the vast tent cities, not much is known. In those days of course, with no banks, they'd lost not only their homes but all their wealth and probably their job too. It's certainly assumed that a LOT of people froze to death in the first winter after the fire because they were homeless, but no numbers have ever been reliably put forward. In those days, you had to have permission to set up a trade in a new town (so like, if you wanted to open a bakery the local dignitary could say no, we already have Mr Smith whose family have been baking here for 100yrs). To help the vast number of people who'd been made homeless these sorts of rules were relaxed so people could travel more freely to new towns and so put less strain on London's wrecked infrastructure. If either of you are big readers, I highly recommend The Great Fire of London by Stephen Porter.

Brilliant video, and great reaction (I learned a lot I didn't know about the fire). Couple of small points, though. First, It really it isn't as rainy here as our reputation suggests (I couldn't cope at all last summer because I don't do well in extreme heat and boy was that a heatwave). Second the thing about fire insurers letting your place burn down if you weren't insured with them is a myth. It's an oft-repeated one (even by shows as great as QI) but it's just not true for a variety of reasons. Tom Scott (who's a fascinating RU-vidr anyway) details why here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wif1EAgEQKI.html Otherwise, great video and I love your channel. Always a highlight of my Sunday morning!

That takes me back to when I was at school more than 50 years ago and the history lessons we had, I sometimes wish I'd listened more and done my homework properly instead of rushing it so I could go out to play football, a very interesting way to get a history story across, the only lessons I didn't like were geography and physics, thanks for posting this

Despite London's reputation, it doesn't actually rain that much. For example, our rainfall is half that of Auckland and less than Damascus. Cloudy, yes. But not that wet.

I used to work with someone called Pepys and he pronounced it ‘pep es’ not ‘peeps’. The Monument is 202 feet high and is located 202 feet away from Pudding Lane

woooo it just another magic monday. i know i say this a lot but i love watching your videos and i feel like we are all a big family..... when you said deb is yawning u can see an orb or a spec of dust (im feeling orb)

Let’s not forget the house walls were mostly made of wattle and daub (Woven sticks, animal dung or clay, and straw) so, it was super, super flammable, especially as the houses were in rows.

Hi natasha and Debbie.... always learn more and more from your vids even though im from england.left school at 15 1/2... apprentiship in steelworks untill 17....joined army on 18th birthday. Lifes a bowl of cherries.

As an English man that worked 200 meters away from pudding lane for 18years, I believe there was only 1 baker on pudding lane

There were other great fires in London. In 1133 there was a huge one and in 1212 most of the city south of the river burnt down.

I saw a documentary a couple of years ago, where they did some digging around the area of the Great fire, and they started finding clumps of burnt wood and melted lead etc. It was pretty interesting.

The Great Fire did help end the Great Plague of 1665.as the city burned,they used houses as a firebreak because the houses were so close to each other.so the fire burned out.

Talking about famous diarist, then you should react to Anne Lister, who was written in code. The person who translated it and brought it to the world, Mrs Whitbread was a Supply teacher at the school I attended. Had her for a few lessons. You may know it as'Gentleman Jack'.

Dan Snow made a TV program that followed the progress of the fire from start to finish wallowing through the present day streets it was made for the British ITV, Good watch also very informative. Also King Charles * the Duke of York used the Army & Gunpoeder to make the Firebreak,there was also in London an Independant Insutance fire service called "The London Fire Savage Corps up untill the1970's that worked alongside the national services, some business's ,Breweries large factories,Airports,ectq still have independent Fire Brigades all working with the fulltime services.

Wonderful reaction girls I remember watching a documentary about the great fire following one family from start to finish think it was on the BBC very interesting hope you find it take care sending love from England x x

Great video.very good history is there a part two

Don't forget that the wines and cheese would be IMMENSELY expensive back then. The were REAL luxury goods. You could not just nip down to your local supermarket and pick up a bit of Parmesan.

The west of England is more likely to get rain because most rain comes from the Atlantic ocean. London being eastern and in the south tends not to get much rain. If you see UK weather forecasts , it's usually the warmest place.

Although thatch roofs were banned wooden shingle roof tiles werent also these would be tarred to make them waterproof along with the buildings timbers very inflamable. Narrow streets as described in the intoduction can cause an up draught effect like a blast furnace (see the famous firestorms of WW2)

Ladies! Of all the stereotypes that Americans have about Britain, I find the one about rain the most annoying!!!!!! (Natasha falls foul of this one here) How about a reaction video about rain in Britain. I'll guarantee it's NOT how you think it is!!!! PS love your stuff

Hi, that year there was a hot dry summer, but that century was known as the mini ice age as the Thames froze over solid, ten times in that century. I once thought about buying a wooden house in the new forest, once used by a ranger, but found it impossible to get insurance. I can’t understand why America has so many wooden houses, just beyond me. Kind regards. JH

Remember that Pepys was a high enough rank to do something about the fire if he had acted when he first saw it. Definitely started in the bakery in pudding lane , but actual cause not known, only suspected! There are documentaries arguing that it did finish the plavue, some avenue that it didn. Death toll unknown because of lack of records.

Fun fact; in some parts of London the Navy blew up houses in an attempt to stem the fire.

Another amazing video by you 2 awesome ladies. Very informative I knew a little from doing it in history in school but you forget about it all. It must of been a scary time for all.

Guys you scared me at the beginning. Idk what it is. But ot feels like your really here in my room inside my tv but pretending your not. Idk why it feels like that. Maybe your just really good at presenting in a way that feels personal. But when u started stairing at me like that. I was convinced you were about to walk out my screen and start saying Somthing to me or something. Idk were u judging me for drinking diet fantaor having messy hear? XD, I just staired back confused and was gonna wave at ya. Idk what it is, just this bizarre feeling. You guys are magic

Sorry..second comment. The Italian cheese woukd have been worth a lot of money. At this time spices and various commodities were as precious as gold almost. I think bbc iplayer or you tube has a very good drama documentary about it.

Don’t take any notice of divs who are nasty you’re great to watch

Need to say London isnt rainy....the UK doesnt rain all the time. The video u watched of London Mega City explained that i think. It is irritating .....it really isnt rainy all the time....honestly. 🤣 and i havent seen oroper fog for years

I grew up in Tenement Blocks around the Docks area of Liverpool and I can still remember in some houses they still had the open Ranges to cook on with built in Ovens which people would take a great pride in and they would use Black Lead to polish them. These houses were only built in the mid 1930s and the fire was a source of not only heating your home but a means of cooking too. By the mid 1960s most of these had been replaced by an open Fireplace and a Gas Cooker fitted in the Kitchen. Those Ranges are worth a pretty penny today.

You mentioned the plague , you should look up about Eyam the historic plague village in the Peak District, every child in sheffield at least (where I come from) is taught this in school and you may be able to find a video or such about Eyam all schools do trips there uts beautiful and at the end is Hathersage church where there is a grave of little John of Robin Hood fame ! Xx

The destruction was equivalent to all of Cincinnati south of W & E Liberty Sts to the river being burnt down.

if you think that was bad try and think of the devastation during WW2 both here and in Germany. all the best to you both. Rab

It stated in that location is fact. how it stated is not exactly known. The fier insurance is pretty much the same as US health insurance if you're not covered.

It seems odd not but its basically about payment. Its private enterprise. If you don't have a plaque on the wall then you've not paid to have your house saved, and if it's not a plaque from the company that turns up, then you've not paid them to save your house you've paid someone else so it's up to them to provide you with that service. Obviously this idea was eventually changed and along with a tax increase the London fire brigade was formed then this idea eventually spread everywhere, with hydrants being installed for the fire service to gain access to water.

Interesting video and lighthearted but to the point. I imagine that many fatalities were ignored the homeless and servants who were not really valued. I belive there was a documentary with actors called Fire, BBC best bet. Houses are built now but with wood frames now especially new build. Pudding Lane is now in the financial area of London ironic isn't it.

lol we can go weeks without rain in the Summer . especially nowadays even with drought

Rains more in Rome than London, great video, x

The RU-vidr J Draper is amazing. You should check out her video on Britain and the Slave Trade.

The diarist Samuel Pepys stayed in London in order to write about the fire; his account is remarkable (as is his diary, which spans the years 1660 to 1669)

You get a good idea atleast seeing this. The best documentary on here is "National Geographic Great Fire of London The Untold Story" as they put the effort and money into the documentary with reenactment bits to . 45 minutes though as its a proper documentary with several historians talking about it

Lol. Come on girls, have you not seen the news about heatwaves and such in the UK. It does not actually rain every day. (Apparently, but that might just be the English lying)

Hey, I think you guys would really enjoy reacting to Rick Steve’s west England. :)

Hi! This is a very interesting and informative video. If you go up The Monument, which is near London Bridge, you get a really good view of London. When I went to The Museum of London I saw the large model replica of the Great Fire of London in 1666, it was very impressive. The museum also had Vistorian styled streets which gave the effect that you were walking through Victorian London. I really enjoy your videos, have a nice day.

The tall pillar at the end is the monument To the great fire you can go up inside All bricks are hand mad back then.cheers

I thought I was pretty knowledgeable about the fire, I've watched a few documentaries on the subject but I still learned quite a lot of new facts about it. Thank you 😊

As far as I am aware the was never a film made about the fire but about 5 years ago the was a 4 part drama called 'The Great Fire' the follows the Farriner family who had the bakery and follows the drama of the fire as it unfolds. It is a bit of a myth that the fire eradicated the plague in London but its not true. Cases of the plague were already dramatically in decline by the time ofr the fire compared to the year before. The fire did drive out 100,000's of rats from the more built up areas so preventing the plague from spreading again.