FIRE !FIRE !LONDONDS BURNING

I loved that tune when a child London burning londons burning and still try to sing it today when sing rounds in old people homes!!


The great fire of London actually started today in 1666 and destroyed most of the medieval city of London!

At a rough guess 13,2oo houses were burnt down, and 87 Churches including the original ST Pauls cathedral although i never believe these numbers , i have always wondered about the number things and who it is who counts the houses or today the number of people who visit a shopping centre, in a day how do they know!

Today the first thing someone thinks when disaster strikes is "I hope I have paid enough insurance " well you might not know (or you May depending what you read that we have got the

Great Fire as the first insurance company started a year later and aptly called the fire office
Today comments are often mad about the ridiculous names people have especially the craze to have the most original name but THANK GOD not got the original name of the person involved with the insurance agency was "hath christ not died for thee wouldst be damned Barebone "" so was quite understandable when changed name to NICHOLAS which his mates probably hastend to change to NICK although his Dad had thename Issac nothing wrong with that but not to sure of the "PRAISE GOD bit
I have always been slightly frightened of Fire when quite young I remember a flim something about people falling into fire but dont want to dwell to muchas wont sleep tonightand I rember coming home one day and the house behind us was gutted due to a chipshop fireand was always checking things especially when people who smoked came into the house!!although Hans Christian Anderson must have had a fear of fire always carried a bit of rope to clambour down on incase of the Shout FIRE!
A friend of my brothers also died in a fire which was a pure accident probably started with a hairdryer left 2 brothers managed to escape but not the eldest, people always this kind of thing will not happen to them but I am afraid to tell you fire causes 600 deaths a year and 18,600 injuries and actually 3/4 of all accidents in the home so beware you have been warned

The cost of fire damage to our homes and other building currently cost about 7 billion a year not something to be sneezed at , but then while i write about all these disasters , this reminds me got on Insurance so maybe Iam one of those that says will never happen to me although people who know me say very accident prone

The most famous fire will I think always be the GREAT FIRE OF LONDON so only fitting to have a huge monument which is 202 feet tall and stands exactly 202 feet from were the original fire started although I would hate to be the one who does all the calculations, Leave that to the numbers people and stick to my words.
One of the most famous quotes was by KING HENRY V who stated "War without fire is like sausages without mustard, although I eat my sausages with no dressings so to capture the flavour !(OH well I suppose it was a long time ago he said that)
Oh well for a game of MONOPOLY BUT i doubt wont last as long as the one on the end of a fire engine which lasted 101 hours obviously no water to dampen the spirit then

BE CAREFUL