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A chimney sweep in Wexford, Ireland in 1850. A chimney sweep is a person who inspects then clears soot and creosote from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to create a draught and draw air over the hot coals or wood enabling continued combustion. Chimneys may be straight or contain many changes of ...
The Chimney Sweepers Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 35) was a British act of Parliament passed to try to stop child labour. Many boys as young as six were being used as chimney sweeps. This act stated that an apprentice must express himself in front of a magistrate that he was willing and desirous. Masters must not take on boys under the age of ...
The Chimney Sweepers Act 1875 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that superseded the Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys Regulation Act 1840 passed to try to stop child labour. The bills, proposed by Lord Shaftesbury , were triggered by the death of twelve-year-old George Brewster, whose master had caused him to climb and clean the ...
Despite being enforced in London, elsewhere the Act did not stop the employment of child chimney sweeps and this led to the foundation of the Climbing-Boys' Society with Ashley as its chairman. In 1851, 1853 and 1855, Shaftesbury introduced Bills into Parliament to deal with the ongoing use of boy chimney sweeps but these were all defeated.
Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave ...
Link-boy: A link-boy carried a flaming torch to light the way for pedestrians at night. Linkboys were common in London in the days before street lighting. [72]: 171 The introduction of gas lighting in the 19th century rendered the occupation of link-boy obsolete. [133] Tech: 15: 19: Man-at-arms
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Edward Jones (7 April 1824 – c. 1893 or 1896), also known as "the boy Jones", was an English stalker who became notorious for breaking into Buckingham Palace several times between 1838 and 1841. Jones was fourteen years old when he first broke into the palace in December 1838.