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Next year’s 350th anniversary of one of the most well known disasters to hit London, when an accidental spark from a baker’s oven led to the destruction of a third of city and made 100,000 people homeless, is to be marked with a major exhibition. Next year’s 350th anniversary of one of the most well known disasters to hit London, when an accidental spark from a baker’s oven led to the destruction of a third of the city and made 100,000 people homeless, is to be marked with a major exhibition.
The Museum of London will on Wednesday – the 349th anniversary – announce it is to commemorate the Great Fire of London with a 2016 show called Fire! Fire! The Museum of London will announce on Wednesday – the 349th anniversary – that it is to commemorate the Great Fire of London with a 2016 show called Fire! Fire!
The year of the fire, 1666, is one almost burned on to the collective memory of the nation. The year of the fire, 1666, is one almost burned into the collective memory of the nation.
Sharon Ament, the director of the museum, said it was an iconic moment in the city’s history from which modern London emerged. “It had a profound impact which still resonates today,” she added. “Whilst it is a potent story there are many myths about the Great Fire and there is a compelling story to tell from catastrophe to the reshaping of the City.” Sharon Ament, the director of the museum, said it was an iconic moment in the city’s history from which modern London emerged. “It had a profound impact which still resonates today,” she added. “Whilst it is a potent story, there are many myths about the Great Fire and there is a compelling story to tell from catastrophe to the reshaping of the city.”
Meriel Jeater, the curator of the exhibition, said many people might assume that little remained from the fire.Meriel Jeater, the curator of the exhibition, said many people might assume that little remained from the fire.
“In actual fact some of London’s most exciting archaeological discoveries have been from the Great Fire which help us to build a picture of why the fire began and what happened during the blaze. “In fact some of London’s most exciting archaeological discoveries have been from the Great Fire, which help us to build a picture of why the fire began and what happened during the blaze,” she said. “Many of these finds will go on display alongside artworks from the time depicting the Great Fire.”
“Many of these finds will go on display alongside artworks from the time depicting the Great Fire.” The museum, only a 15-minute walk from where the blaze started in Pudding Lane, holds a wealth of objects relating to the fire, many of them poignant, such as an unfinished piece of embroidery saved from a house in Cheapside.
The museum, only a 15-minute walk from where it started in Pudding Lane, holds a wealth of objects relating to the fire, many of them poignant such as an unfinished piece of embroidery saved from a house in Cheapside. The exhibition will also have charred bricks from the fire, melted pottery and metalwork, a leather fire bucket from Pudding Lane itself, and many moving letters written by people experienced the fire.
The exhibition will also have charred, soot-covered bricks from the fire, melted pottery and metalwork, a leather fire bucket from Pudding Lane itself, and many moving letters written by people who had experience of the fire.
Visitors will get an idea of the intensity of the blaze and a sense of walking through the destroyed city.Visitors will get an idea of the intensity of the blaze and a sense of walking through the destroyed city.
At the time there were stories of the fire being a Dutch act of revenge for the English ransacking of West-Terschelling, when a thousand homes were burned. Or was it the Catholic French, or for that matter anyone in London who was not English? At the time, there were stories of the fire being a Dutch act of revenge for the English ransacking of West-Terschelling, when 1,000 homes were burned. Or was it the Catholic French, or for that matter anyone in London who was not English?
All of it rubbish. The likely cause was an accidental spark from a baker’s oven falling on to a pile of wood at around 1am. A number of coincidences led to its catastrophic spread including London being particularly dry after an unusually hot summer; a strong wind; and the fact that Pudding Lane was surrounded by warehouses containing combustible materials such as wood, rope and oil. But the likely cause was an accidental spark from a baker’s oven falling on to a pile of wood at around 1am. A number of coincidences led to its catastrophic spread, including London being particularly dry after an unusually hot summer; a strong wind; and the fact that Pudding Lane was surrounded by warehouses containing combustible materials such as wood, rope and oil.
The exhibition will also explore firefighting techniques and shine a light on less well known aspects of the fire, such as the refugee camps in fields which sprung up outside London, people having to live in tents in what became shanty towns for years. The exhibition will also explore firefighting techniques and shine a light on less well-known aspects of the fire, such as the refugee camps in fields which sprung up outside London, people having to live in tents in what became shanty towns for years.
Because of the fire’s place on the national curriculum there is always a high level of interest from schools and families, said Frazer Swift, the museum’s head of learning. Because of the fire’s place on the national curriculum there is always a high level of interest from schools and families, said Frazer Swift, the museum’s head of learning. “It is an event that has almost become mythical, it is such a dramatic story,” he said.
“It is an event that has almost become mythical, it is such a dramatic story,” he said.
The exhibition will open on 23 July 2016.The exhibition will open on 23 July 2016.