Great Fire of London both recorded the events and their own reactions day by day, and made great efforts to keep themselves informed of what was happening all over the City and beyond. After two rainy summers in 1664 and 1665, London had lain under an exceptional drought since November 1665, and the wooden buildings were tinder-dry after the long hot summer of 1666. A fire broke out at Thomas Farriner's bakery in Pudding Lane a little after midnight on Sunday 2 September. The family was trapped upstairs but managed to climb from an upstairs window to the house next door, except for a
Japanese Bankers in the City of London Japanese Bankers in the City of London Japanese Bankers in the City of London: Language, Culture and Identity in the Japanese Diaspora is a 2000 nonfiction book by Junko Sakai (酒井 順子 "Sakai Junko"), published by Routledge. This book describes the lives and cultures of employees at Japanese companies working in their London offices, including Japanese and British employees. Ines Sanmiguel of Rikkyo University stated that the book's audience includes persons interested in cultural and social studies and persons who are interested in business. She wrote that "the intrinsic value of this work lies in providing an insight into how