"Golden Boy at Pie Corner 'is located at the crossroads of Cock Lane and Giltspur Street (the place and called Pye Corner) - a niche in the corner house on the second floor. It is believed that the wooden gilded cherub (earlier the figure was a cruise) denotes a place to stay Great Fire of London.

A terrible disaster struck London in the morning September 2, 1666. The fire started in the royal bakery Thomas Ferinora. Baker and his family got out through the roof, and the frightened maid died in the fire, becoming the first victim. (It was officially registered only a few deaths, but of course, there were many more.) Nearby wooden houses with thatched roofs in the maze of narrow streets flashed quickly - after a hot summer of that year they were completely dry.

It was necessary to demolish the buildings to the flames did not go beyond (a sure way at the time), but to give such an order could only Lord Mayor. Summoned to the scene of the fire Lord Mayor Sir Thomas Bladvors not claimed responsibility, said his famous phrase, "Ugh! Yes, there is a woman pee and everything will repay! " - and left.

Even during the day people stopped to fight the fire and fled with the belongings that had to capture. September 3 the fire spread to the north and west, and threatened to go to London Bridge to the south. Charles II's brother James, Duke of York, together a team of firefighters, strengthened them with his Life Guard day and night rushed through the city, directing undermining buildings rytёm of fire trenches and putting things in order. Charles II was personally involved in the dismantling of houses. But a strong autumn wind was against people - the fire jumped over the trench. It was hoped that St Paul with its thick stone walls and wide empty area to stop the fire. But in those days, it's too famous Christopher Wren restored Cathedral - around the building stood a wooden timber. On the night of September 4, they lit up behind them - wooden beams, lead roof melted and the river flowed through the streets.

Only 5 September, when the wind died down, the overall efforts yielded results. Large fire stopped, leaving only small pockets. Almost the entire city turned to ashes, hundred of thousands of people in anticipation of cold winter left homeless.

It is unlikely that the fire stopped right there, at the crossroads. Moreover - not all historians confirm that the golden boy really put in honor of the fire. But now his fatted calf will always remind not only of the terrible disaster, but that it could be payback for the sins (plaque below the statue states that the fire was caused by a sin of gluttony).