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Local Climbing Boy George Brewster

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Local Climbing Boy George Brewster

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I saw this sad but rather interesting story on the Guild of Master Sweeps website this week and thought I would share it. On 11th February 1875, George Brewster was forced by his master to climb and clean a chimney at what was then the County

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There is More to a Chimney Than You Think

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There is More to a Chimney Than You Think

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I recently saw this photograph taken in 1972 of a part demolished tenement block in Kelvinhaugh Street Glasgow. It is of interest because at a glance it shows how chimneys are constructed and how they remain separate, whilst feathering into a single chimney stack.

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Belchamp Walter – Unusual Double-Door Parkray Multi-Fuel Room Heater

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Belchamp Walter – Unusual Double-Door Parkray Multi-Fuel Room Heater

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 I sweep many, many of the old Parkray multi-fuel room heaters across the area, particularly in the old Braintree District council houses that I sweep for Eastlight Community Homes. We have been working our contract with Eastlight Community Homes for over 5 years now and

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Christmas Wishes – Paddy & Claire Sweeping Before We Bought a Van

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Christmas Wishes – Paddy & Claire Sweeping Before We Bought a Van

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We wish all our customers and friends a Peaceful and Very Happy Christmas! And a Happy and prosperous New Year.
We hope you all have a great time over the Christmas period and get everything you desire from Santa! Also, it is time to

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Thaxted Chimney Fire – A Salutary Tale

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Thaxted Chimney Fire – A Salutary Tale

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 Here is a salutary tale from Thaxted this week about the need to have a chimney regularly swept – A barn conversion caught fire and lost most of its roof when soot deposits in the chimney caught fire and spread to the loft space. The

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Sweeping for the Bishop of Chelmsford Again – Purleigh Church

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Sweeping for the Bishop of Chelmsford Again – Purleigh Church

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This week we were again sweeping for the Bishop of Chelmsford and we were quite some way from home, sweeping the Vicarage at Elm Road Leytonstone and All Saints Rectory at Purleigh near Maldon. All Saints Church at Purleigh is a beautiful medieval church

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Littlebury – Charnwood Cranmore 3 Wood-Burning Stove

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Littlebury – Charnwood Cranmore 3 Wood-Burning Stove

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I had to include this stove in my weekly blog, not because it is anything unusual to look at, but because I had not come across one of these before. This is despite seeping many, many Charnwood Stoves. This is the Charnwood Cranmore 3

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Radwinter – Life at the Coal Face – Power Sweeping a Tarry Boiler Stove

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Radwinter – Life at the Coal Face – Power Sweeping a Tarry Boiler Stove

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I thought for this week’s blog I would write another one about us working. On this occasion I have chosen one of our regular biannual jobs at a thatched cottage in Radwinter. Here we are sweeping a Stovax Stockton boiler stove. By their very nature

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Nosterfield End – Incredibly Dirty Aga Little Wenlock Chimney

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Nosterfield End – Incredibly Dirty Aga Little Wenlock Chimney

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I just had to include this job in my weekly blog after sweeping this Aga Little Wenlock multi-fuel stove at an address in Nosterfield End recently. This is actually an address that I have been sweeping annually for a number of years now

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Sweeping for the Bishop of Chelmsford Again – Rawreth Church

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Sweeping for the Bishop of Chelmsford Again – Rawreth Church

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Here we are again sweeping for the Bishop of Chelmsford and we are quite some way from home, sweeping the Rectory at Rawreth. The rectory itself is a modern 1960’s house with a lined chimney. It was nice and easy to sweep with brush

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