AGED CHIMNEY SWEEP
Sweeping chimneys is the heulthiest job in the world, according to Mr. John Tullett, of Brighton, England. He has been doing this work for 70 years. And during all that time he has never had a day's illness. Ho began when he was seven years old. Now he is almost 77, and he believes he is the oldest working sweep in the country. "Both my father and grandfather were sweeps," he said recently, "and they both lived to good ages. When I began I had to climb up inside the chimneys and sweep them with a hand brush. My wages were sixpence a week. • "One-of my jobs was to sweep the chimneys at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, before is was reconstructed. These chimneys were 172 ft. high and too wide for
us to climb up. We had to be lowered from the roof by ropes. There are still some chimnoys in Brighton that have to be climbed for sweeping."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22320, 18 January 1936, Page 2 (Supplement)
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162AGED CHIMNEY SWEEP New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22320, 18 January 1936, Page 2 (Supplement)
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