Some articles on climbing boys, boy, climbing boy, climbing:
Chimney Sweep - United Kingdom - Climbing Boys
... The climbing boys, and sometimes girls, were technically called chimney sweeps apprentices, and were apprenticed to a master sweep, who being an adult, was too large to fit into a chimney or flue ... It was generally agreed that six was a good age to train a boy ... engaged, the master sweep would fix a cloth over the fireplace, and the climbing boy would take off his boots and any excess clothes, then get behind it ...
... The climbing boys, and sometimes girls, were technically called chimney sweeps apprentices, and were apprenticed to a master sweep, who being an adult, was too large to fit into a chimney or flue ... It was generally agreed that six was a good age to train a boy ... engaged, the master sweep would fix a cloth over the fireplace, and the climbing boy would take off his boots and any excess clothes, then get behind it ...
Chimney Sweep - United Kingdom - Regulation
... The Act had been partially inspired by the interest in climbing boys shown by Jonas Hanway, and his two publications The State of Chimney Sweepers'Young Apprentices (1773) and later Sentimental History of ... of slavery in the new world it was ignoring the slavery imposed on climbing boys ... to Edinburgh Scotland where sweeps were regulated by the police, climbing was not allowed and chimneys were swept by the Master Sweep himself pulling bundles of rags ...
... The Act had been partially inspired by the interest in climbing boys shown by Jonas Hanway, and his two publications The State of Chimney Sweepers'Young Apprentices (1773) and later Sentimental History of ... of slavery in the new world it was ignoring the slavery imposed on climbing boys ... to Edinburgh Scotland where sweeps were regulated by the police, climbing was not allowed and chimneys were swept by the Master Sweep himself pulling bundles of rags ...
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The event will rage terrific as the sea;
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