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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 ...
Collins Colour Cubs also published four children's books based on the movie; Tom the Little Chimney Sweep, Tom Becomes A Water-Baby, Tom in The Undersea World and Tom and Ellie. [10] [11] [12] In addition a novelization of the movie was published the same year as an Armada paperback (ISBN 0006914357, 9780006914358).
The protagonist is Tom, a young chimney sweep, who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl named Ellie and being chased out of her house.There he appears to drown and is transformed into a "water-baby", [3] as he is told by a caddisfly – an insect that sheds its skin – and begins his moral education.
Articles relating to chimney sweeps, persons who clear ash and soot from chimneys. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. W.
"The Chimney Sweeper" is the title of a poem by William Blake, published in two parts in Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Experience in 1794. The poem "The Chimney Sweeper" is set against the dark background of child labour that was prominent in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Spazzacamino (singular), end of the 19th century, Museo Sonogno Spazzacamini (plural) in Milano, end of the 19th century, Museo Sonogno. Spazzacamini (Italian for chimney sweep) was the term for child laborers in 19th- and early 20th-century Italy and Switzerland, where they were also known as Kaminfegerkinder in German-speaking areas.
Creative works about chimney sweeps, people who clean ash and soot from chimneys. Pages in category "Works about chimney sweeps" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Thomas Colley (died 24 August 1751) was an English chimney sweep, executed for the murder of accused witch Ruth Osborne at Tring, Hertfordshire. [1]Colley was one of the leaders of a mob which gathered at Tring in April 1751 and seized an elderly couple, John and Ruth Osborne, from the local workhouse, accusing them of witchcraft.