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= = = = = = = = = On 2nd September 1666 a fire started in a bakery on Pudding Lane in the City of London. At the time, many of the buildings were made of wood. There was also a strong east wind. This resulted in a devastating fire that took 4 days to control. = = THe end result was the destruction of approximately 13200 houses, 87 churches, St Paul's Cathedral and most authority buildings. = = The number of deaths is unknown. When the City of London was rebuilt, brick and stone were used to prevent such a disaster from ever occurring again. = Listening

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= = **__Narrator__:“This is Tom Porter. He is eight years old and lives on Pudding Lane with his father, who is a builder. Sadly, his mother and brothers died of the plague ** like so many other people did last year.”Sound of loud bellsTom:“ Church bells ringing = = = = **Something must be wrong! I smell burning – it must be a fire! I need to find father so we can get buckets t o help our neighbours! ”Narrator:“ ****This is Jane Birch. She works as a maid  in the house of Samuel Pepys on Seething Lane. Here she is with Samuel Pepys and his wife, Elizabeth. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He keeps a diary <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> that he writes in every day.Narrator:“ ** = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This diary tells us about the Great Fire, but what other <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> sources <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> do we have to tell us about that time? ** = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We’ve just met Tom and Jane. How do you think we know where people lived in 1666?”Tom:“This is really scary! The buildings are so close together – the fire is <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">spreading <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> so fast no one can stop it! People are beginning to run to the river to escape.”Father:“We’ve got to do something to try to stop the fire.”Tom:“Pick up a bucket and help us stop the fire <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">spreading <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">to the end of the street”Tom(occasionally): Oh no the fire is still <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">spreading <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, try again!”and “Help us stop the fire spreading to the end of the street”Eventually the street is on fire. ****<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__Narrator:“__You tried hard, but buckets of wateralone cannot put this fire out!” ****<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__Father:__“Come, Tom, there is nothing more we can do. Everyone is going to the river side to escape the fire.” ****<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__Narrator:“__Everyone must have felt as scared as Tom. How do we know what happened to people during the fire?” ****<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__Tom:__“But Father, it is so busy and it looks like all the boats are full! What are we going to do?”Father:“We will have to walk, like so many others are – you can see them escaping in all directions. Look at how the fire still burns! Why is nothing more being done?” ****<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__Narrator:“__Samuel Pepys is off to tell the King that not <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">enough <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is being done. ****<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__"Pepys__:“I am going to Whitehall Palace to <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> warn <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">King Charles that hardly anyone is fighting the fire!” ** = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__ //<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Narrator // __//<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__:__ " // <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How do we know what people did to try to stop the fire spreading?” ** = = **__<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tom: // __<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> “But Father, it is so busy and it looks like all the boats are full! What are we going to do?” ** = = **__<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Father: // __<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> “We will have to walk, like so many others are – you can see them escaping in all directions. Look at how the fire still burns! Why is nothing more being done?” ** = = **__<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Narrator // //<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: //__<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Samuel Pepys is off to tell the King that not enough is being done." ** = = **__<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pepys // //<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: //__<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> “I am going to Whitehall Palace to warn King Charles that hardly anyone is fighting the fire!” ** = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__Narrator__: // //<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> " //<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How do we know what people did to try to stop the fire spreading?” ** = = = = = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I told the King what I saw, and that unless his Majesty did command houses to be pulled down nothing could ** = = = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tom: // <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> “There are too many people and not enough safe places to go!” ** = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explosion ** = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">// Tom: // “What was that?” ** = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Father // //<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: //<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> “It’s coming from somewhere near the Tower of London! What could they possibly be doing?” ** = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explosion again ** = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">// Father: // “Did you see? They have used gunpowder to blow up buildings! They must be trying to save the Tower.” ** = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fire-fighting (III) game: ** = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Narrator // //<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: //<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Using gunpowder was an important way to make spaces to keep the Fire from spreading. ** = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Can you help save the Tower? ** = = = = **<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Move the gunpowder to the buildings you think should be blown up. ** =

** Cover your ears – this will be loud!” **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">e fire spreading?” **