November 30th...The Death of the Crystal Palace

The Year Was

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 197. This time we examine the year 1936 as London's Crystal Palace Burns Down..

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Knowhere

https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/london-fire-brigade-history-and-stories/fires-and-incidents-that-changed-history/the-crystal-palace-fire/

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/fire-destroys-crystal-palace

https://www.express.co.uk/news/history/737044/Crystal-Palace-fire-1936

https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/the-crystal-palace-was-constructed-of-iron-and-glass-so-how-and-why-did-it-burn-down/

https://londonist.com/2015/11/crystalpalace

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Crystal_Palace

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paxton

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Crystal-Palace-building-London

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Fountain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendish_banana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace

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Photo:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition#/media/File:Crystal_Palace_-_Queen_Victoria_opens_the_Great_Exhibition.jpg