"I will take the ring to the #fire of Mount Doom, through the lands of #Bermondsey, though I do not know if the trains are still running…"
"One does not simply #PARK in Bermondsey!"
"You have my hose"
"AND MY LADDER!"
Thanks to the #FireBrigade for being on the scene, and can entirely see why my train was stopped at Surrey Quays!
Synagogue evacuated after fire spreads in home next door in east London
"Make pumps 12" #fire at popular #LGBT+ #nightclub in SE #England
All punters evacuated, no injuries but the venue has been mostly destroyed.
#Police have made an arrest for #arson and along with #FireBrigade are investigating further..
“One thing that Ballantyne did, which sets him apart from contemporary children’s authors, was carry out detailed research for his novels […] He worked in a Cornish tin mine (Deep Down: a Tale of the Cornish Mines), went to the bottom of the Thames in a diving suit (Under the Waves), and for Fighting the Flames worked in a London fire station.”
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #Ballantyne #firefighters #firebrigade
RM Ballantyne (1825–1894) was born #OTD, 24 April. Best known today for THE CORAL ISLAND – which influenced Robert Louis Stevenson, JM Barrie, William Golding, & others – he wrote more than 100 books.
In this blog post, National Library of Scotland Curator Graham Hogg introduces Ballantyne’s 1867 novel FIGHTING THE FLAMES: A Tale of the London Fire Brigade
https://blog.nls.uk/curators-favourites-r-m-ballantynes-fighting-the-flames/
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #Ballantyne #firefighters #firebrigade
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