Saturday 3 March 2012

Different things

Hello again. Did I forget to tell you more things than club penguin? If not don't go crazy because I will tell you about Samuel Pepys if you don't know and soon I will tell you about 'The Great Fire Of London'. Right then, Samuel Pepys is famous because he wrote a diary about the great fire of London. Samuel Pepys was born in London in 1633 He was a clever boy and went to St Paul's School in London. Pepys started to write a diary in 1660. He continued writing it until 1669. His diaries are still important today. They tell us about life in those days. He wrote in Shelton's shorthand, which looks like a code. Pepys wrote with quills and a simple fountain pen. Pepys was a fashionable man who liked clothes and wore a wig. Pepys also carried a watch that had an alarm. This was a new thing at that time. Both men and women wore wigs. Under his wig Pepys was a blad.Pepys married Elizabeth in 1655. Elizabeth had false teeth. The teeth would have been  made from animal bone. He worked in an office of the navy. It was an important government department. Pepys enjoyed music and theatre. He played a flageolet.Pepys about the great plague and the great fire of london in his diary. In london a disease called the plague was spreding and many people were dying. Fleas on black rats carring the disease , but people did not know that. A red marked house where people had the plague. Carts removed  the dead. Pepys also wrote about the great fire of london in 1666. London was very crowed and house were very close together. The fire started on pudding lane. It spred quickly and was a huge disaster. When Pepys thought his house was in danger he buried a big cheese to save it. Pepys stopped writing his diary in 1669 because his eyesight was so poor. In 1703 Pepys died. His diaries were not decoded till long after his death. His diaries were published in 1825. Today they can be found on the internet.Next time I will tell you about Florina nightingale.















2 comments:

  1. That is a very interesting post Alice. I didn't know as much as you about Samuel Pepys. Thankyou!

    Love Daddy.

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  2. I can't wait to read about Florence Nightingale. Well done Alice!
    Love Mummy xxx

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