"Golden boy at pie-corner" is at the crossroads Kok lane and Giltspur street (this place was called Pai-corner) – in a niche corner of the house on the second floor. It is believed that wood gilded cherub (previously the figure was winged) denotes the place where the Great fire of London.

A terrible disaster struck London in the morning of 2 September 1666. The fire started in the Royal bakery of Thomas Feringa. The Baker family went out through the roof, and frightened the maid died in a fire, becoming the first victim. (Officially, there have been very few deaths, but of course there were many more.) Adjacent wooden houses with thatched roofs in the maze of narrow streets flashed quickly – after a hot summer that year, they were completely dry.

It was necessary to demolish buildings that the fire did not go further (the right way at the time), but to give such an order could only be the Lord mayor. Called to the scene of the fire Lord mayor sir Thomas Bladworth has not claimed responsibility, said his famous phrase "Ugh! Yes here the woman will get pissed and put it all out! "– and left.

In the afternoon people stopped to fight the fire and fled with the belongings that managed to capture. On 3 September, the fire spread to the North and West and threatened to go to London bridge on the South. Brother of Charles II, James, Duke of York, made the team of firefighters, strengthened them with his life guards day and night rushed to the city, leading the undermining of buildings, digging fire trenches and putting things in order. Charles II was personally involved in the disassembly of the houses. But the strong autumn wind was against people – the fire jumped over the trench. Was hoping to St. Paul's Cathedral, with its thick stone walls and wide empty area will stop the fire. But in those days aren't too famous Christopher Wren was restored Cathedral around the building were wooden forest. On the night of 4 September, they caught fire, wooden beams, lead roof melted and the river flowed through the streets.

Only 5 of September, when the wind subsided, the overall efforts yielded results. Great fire stopped, leaving only small pockets. Almost the whole city turned into ashes, a hundred thousand people ahead of the cold winter homeless.

It is unlikely that the fire stopped right at the intersection. Moreover, not all historians acknowledge that the Golden boy has really gotten in honor of the fire. But now his plump little body will always remind not only of the terrible calamity, but that it could be payback for the sins of (the plaque below the statue says that the fire was caused by the sin of gluttony).