Dr Johnson's House

Friday, 2 July 2010

Dr Johnson's House and St Paul's Cathedral

Yesterday, we went to Dr. Johnson'sHouse.

Before we went in the house we saw Hodge, Dr. Johnson's cat, who ate oysters.

Dr.Johnson lived from 1709 to 1784 and he wrote a a very big and important dictionary.

Dr . Johnson's servant Frank came from Jamaica when he was 10 years old, just like us.
Dr.Johnson helped him. When he died, he gave all his money to Frank.

In this picture, we are wearing clothes like in the 18th century.

Interesting facts
The door is 250 years old
The house was bombed in the 2nd World War
There was a special lock on the door because people threw children threw the windows to open the door from inside!
We saw three chairs that Johnson sat on
People put powder on their wigs to kill the mice living in them!

After Dr. Johnson's House, we saw St Paul's Cathedral. In this picture, we are standing in front of a statue of Queen Anne.