Keith's Ramblings

for Sunday Photo Fiction

A  mélange of fact and fiction!

Twas the month of September in the year 1666. Sebastian Felling stood on Hampstead Heath gazing at the flame-lit sky above the City of London as it burned. 

A simple argument it was.  A disagreement with breadmaker Thomas Farriner outside his bakery in Pudding Lane.  But Sebastian Felling took it to heart and that night he dropped a firey oil-soaked rag through the bakehouse window intending to set ablaze no more than his adversary’s place of work.

Little did he know his act of vengeance would lead to the destruction of thirteen thousand homes and eighty-seven churches thereby destroying the ancient inner city.

At the time, it was suggested a spark from an oven was the cause.  Thomas Farriner found it inconceivable that Sebastian Felling could have carried out such a dastardly deed over a petty quarrel.  Days later, watchmaker Robert Hubert took the blame and was hung by the neck in October that year for a crime it was later discovered he did not commit.

According to the history books, what actually happened that fateful day remains a mystery and will do so forevermore. 

But one person knew the truth.  Sebastian Felling.   And he took his guilty secret to the grave.

Thanks to Donna for hosting and to Katie S for the picture.