History to Fall Asleep To | A Day and a Night in Victorian London and more

A day and a night in Victorian London — a slow, calm history story to help you fall asleep. Drift from the gaslit dawn to the fog, the river, the firelight and the deep hush of the sleeping city. 😴 Tonight's sleepy journey walks you through the greatest city of the nineteenth century: the lamplighter on his round before dawn, the roar of the markets, the Thames under fog, the shops and the workrooms, the chop-houses and the parks, the coal-smoke and the rain, the theatres and the music halls, and at last the quiet house, the dying fire, and the whole vast city sinking into sleep. There is nothing to follow and nothing to remember. Just get comfortable, close your eyes, and let the gaslight and the fog carry you to sleep. 😴 Best experienced with headphones, at a low volume, in a dark room. Chapters: 00:00:00 Before the dawn — the sleeping city 00:02:55 The lamplighter and the gas 00:05:58 The streets at first light 00:08:45 Covent Garden market 00:11:47 The Thames in the fog 00:14:52 Omnibus and hansom — the traffic 00:17:57 The docks 00:21:00 Shops and trades 00:23:54 The street sellers and their cries 00:26:49 The townhouse and its servants 00:30:11 Hearths and soot — the smoke 00:33:35 The park 00:36:12 The bells and St Paul's 00:39:07 The working city — factories and workshops 00:41:50 The railway and the terminus 00:44:49 The river at low tide 00:47:59 The coffee house and the chop-house 00:51:02 A day of rain 00:53:54 The night watch — the constable and the lamps 00:56:41 The theatre and the music hall 00:59:32 The evening fog — a London particular 01:02:38 The gas lamps of the night 01:05:37 The winter smog 01:08:38 Christmas and the season 01:11:48 The quiet suburbs and the terraces 01:15:02 The last omnibus home 01:17:37 The house at night — the fireside 01:20:35 The sleeping city — few stars 01:23:43 Toward morning 01:26:26 Sleep Sweet dreams. 🌙 New sleepy history stories every week — subscribe and drift off with us. 🌙 #sleep #history #bedtimestory