100 Nicholas Burton
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast
BBC
4.8 • 627 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2018
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Nicholas Burton lived in flat 165 on the 19th floor of Grenfell Tower with his wife, Pily, and their dog. In an extended interview with Eddie Mair, Nicholas talks about life at Grenfell before the fire and how he had to give up work to care for his wife who developed dementia. He describes the night of the fire and the impact it has had on him. Contact us via email: [email protected]
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.1 | Hello and welcome to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry podcast. I'm Eddie Mayer and this is our 100th edition. |
| 0:12.1 | As you know, we tend to focus on what's been said and heard every day at the inquiry. |
| 0:17.3 | That's our purpose. That's why we're here. |
| 0:19.2 | But for this 100th episode, |
| 0:21.6 | we're going to do something a little different and stand back from that so we can hear an |
| 0:26.1 | extended interview with someone who lived at Grenfell for more than 30 years. Nicholas Burton lived |
| 0:32.3 | in flat 165 on the 19th floor. He lived there with his wife Pelee and their beagle, |
| 0:37.9 | whose name was Lewis Hamilton II. |
| 0:41.3 | Nicholas was born and raised in North Kensington. |
| 0:45.0 | I want to start, most importantly, |
| 0:47.2 | by asking you why you named your beagle, |
| 0:50.0 | Lewis Hamilton the second. |
| 0:51.7 | Yeah, he was a beautiful little puppy. And, yeah, because I'm a big Lewis Hamilton the second. Yeah. Yeah, he was a beautiful little puppy and, yeah, because I'm a big Lewis Hamilton fan. |
| 0:59.1 | I guess, though. Yeah, and it was very difficult to get Lewis Hamilton on face, like, as a Facebook profile. |
| 1:04.6 | So I added the second, so he can have his little old Facebook profile. He was lovely. |
| 1:11.6 | Are you a beagle guy or just any kind of dog? |
| 1:14.6 | That was my first dog. |
| 1:16.6 | I never had a dog. |
| 1:17.6 | I thought it was time and he was just a fabulous little fella |
| 1:22.6 | and very loving. |
| 1:24.6 | Everywhere I went off to the loo, everywhere'll just he'll just be there and it was |
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