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THE HIGH LIFE: Alan Campbell enjoys his work as a chimney sweep. "I'm self-employed and I love it." KENT BLECHYNDEN / Fairfax NZ It's dirty, sooty work – but someone's got to do it. For the past ...
McPHERSON, Kan. (KSNW) — He may have taken a tumble, but “Mac” the chimney sweep is officially back on his feet — sort of. The towering fiberglass statue, a 30-foot landmark that loomed ...
Sunderland’s chimney-sweeping tradition, which had lasted for centuries, was facing a bleak future in the 1980s.
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A chimney sweep has been charged with fraud. Adam Reid, from Bexhill, has been charged with 19 counts of fraud by false representation and one count of fraudulent trading.
One day I had chimney sweep came to my house, to do my chimney, and I asked him if there was scope for another one in the area. He said yes, but I don't think there was really - it's taken me a ...
I like the reaction I get, it’s one of the best bits of the job.” Val Sherwood, of York, runs Lucky Sweepess a local Chimney Sweep business around North Yorkshire. Picture: James Hardisty.
Also, Endura recently acquired A Merrie Sweepe, a provider of chimney sweep and hearth services in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire region. Chim Chimney was founded in 2000 and AMS was founded in 1983.
A blue plaque to commemorate a Victorian child chimney sweep has been unveiled at the place of his death. George Brewster, 11, became trapped in the chimney of a former pauper asylum at Victoria ...
The chimney sweep, however far away you make him park, knows things you don’t know about fire; about smoke; and how thin a line there is between civilisation and what simmers beneath.
Folklore has always claimed that anyone who touches a chimney sweep or turns a button on their clothes when they see one will have good luck in the New Year. So: open your eyes! And open the door ...