2009-09-03
post/178611036
quote 07:41:10
“ Sam’s account gives us a better picture of the fire than if we handed him one of our digital cameras to take videos. Not to mention that if by some miracle we could do this, we would probably find he left the lens cap on. ”
Larry Bunce, in a comment on the Pepy’s Diary entry for Sunday 2 September 1666: the first day of the Great Fire of London, 343 years ago yesterday. (See also: Samuel Pepys on Twitter.)
2009-06-10
post/121093539
quote 11:21:42
“ We were told that the fabric shop on Mare Street is named after a former nearby pub frequented by Samuel Peyps, who often came to Hackney to go to the old St Augustine’s Church to ogle the girls who attended a local school. ”
This sounds all too plausible. From minority report: a wander around Hackney.
