I had to laugh when I saw this thatched dog running off with the sausages on the roof of an address in Great Chesterford, opposite where we were working. I thought that it would make an excellent and funny entry on my weekly chimney sweeping

On some days we work in an area away from our usual patch around Saffron Walden and Haverhil. Thursday last week was just such a day, when we were working in and around Royston. Our first job of the day was in Littlington and the

Here we are sweeping again for the Bishop of Chelmsford in the lovely Essex village of Great Maplestead. Fortunately, we had some time to enjoy the historic medieval church of St Giles following the sweep, it is a real Gem. Remarkably, both Great and

Yes, as I have said before, doggies just love our dust sheets, whether it is lying on them, sniffing them or playing with them, they just can’t resist our dustsheets. If there is a dog or dogs in the house no sooner have we laid

I am starting to come across a small number of these Jydepejsen Wood-Burning Stove, this example is an Jydepejsen Avanti Wood-Burning Stove. I swept another example of this very same stove on a factory made chimney in Wethersfiels just the other day. It looks

 I recently completed the Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps 5 Year Refresher & Technical Update Course, here is the certificate I received. I just can’t believe that I have now been working in the sweeping industry for over 10 years now! It was a day

Yes, here we are sweeping for the Bishop of Chelmsford again, and on this occasion, it was the vicarage in the beautiful village of Finchingfield. Indeed, many people describe Finchingfield as the most beautiful or picturesque village in England. Perhaps that is an

 Here is another sad story of a Victorian chimney sweeps apprentice or climbing boy. You might remember that The Guild of Master Sweeps recently played a part in memorialising the death of George Brewster who died trapped in a chimney at Fulbourn County Pauper and

I recently swept the flue to this original Jotul F118 Wood-Burning Stove at an address in Elmdon. The customer told me that they had owned the stove for over 30 years and that it originally came from another property where it had been in

Only the other day I was reading a very interesting book, ‘Sapiens’ by Yuval Noah Harari. Subtitled ‘A brief history of humankind’, it details all you need to know about the history of people and human activity – Fascinating stuff! It was while I was