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Posts Tagged: Slavery

The brutal history of the chimney climbing boys

Posted 5:18 am by Daniel & filed under The history of chimney sweeps, Uncategorized.

  Hello all. Chimney sweepings brutal history Chimney sweeping using slaves or low paid labour goes back a very long time indeed, some of the first references to chimney sweeps were in Roman times before the time of the times of Christ so we are talking BC not AD. Roman swimming pools and baths were… Read more »

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