Chimney sweeping, 21st century style
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Chimney sweeping, 21st century style
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 24 Mar 2010
Forget the soot-faced boy, now it's all regulated by Health and Safety. A man in a clean boiler suit goes up in a hydraulic platform and cleans the chimney from the top down. This is on Mill Street, Stanton St John.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.781179
Longitude
-1.162394