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The Great Fire of London

The Great Fire of London took place in the year 1666, which reminds an awful lot about the demonic number 666. The Great Fire originated in the bakery of Thomas Farriner and it quickly spread to the west side centre of the city of London. It all started around midnight on Sunday the Second of September and in merely three days the magnificent city of London would mostly swiped away.

The most commonly used firefighting technique of the time was creating firebreaks by means of demolition but this was unfortunately delayed because the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thomas Bloodworth, couldn't make up his mind, panicked and thus made the delayed, wrong decision. During the time wasted the wind already decided over the fate of London, it already fanned the bakery into such a firestorm that demolition was no longer an option. The fire continued north to the very core centre of the city of London. Chaos arises amongst the people in the street and order broke down. Rumours spread of suspicious foreigners setting fires.

A large group of immigrants became victims of violence and lynchings. The fire spread over most of London, destroying St. Paul's Cathedral and then it leaped the River Fleet to threaten the Charles II's court at Whitehall. In the meanwhile firefighting efforts were being mobilised. The battle to defeat the fire is considered by most to have been won by two factors: The Tower of London garrison created firebreaks to stop further spread eastwards by using gunpower and the eastwind which died down.

London Football Club - Chelsea FC

Chelsea FC is an English football club from London. The club was founded in 1905 and is currently playing in the Premier League. So far Chelsea managed to win the Premier League three times, 4 times the FA cup and 2 times the europe Cup II.

Chelsea plays its homegames in the Stamford Bridge stadion which has about 42000 seats. On 1 July 2003 Chelsea was sold by Ken Bates for about 200 million euro to the Russian oilgarch Roman Abramovitsj. Ever since the take-over the tabloids have given Chelsea a nickname, "Chelski". Abramovitsj is said to have invested a vast amout of 700 million euros in the club so far. Chelsea's original jerseys are completely blue, which resulted in the nickname "The Blues".

In the early years of the 20th century Chelsea FC knew only few successes, nevertheless afterwards they managed to get a great reputation in a short span of time, but meant very little for English football in between the two World Wars. At the end of the sixties, early seventies London was the place to be and chelsea was the most hip club at the time and it was trendy to be fan of them. Also the results and achievements were helping. After their succeses in the EuropeCup II the club started going downhill and even lost their spot in the highest division twice.