A Victorian chimney sweep has become the youngest person to ... as the tragedy of his death led to reforms banning child chimney sweeps brought in by the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury He joins other ...

The first blue plaque to commemorate the life of a child will be unveiled at the house where he died. George Brewster, 11, became trapped in a chimney of a former Victorian pauper asylum in ...

The death of child chimney sweep George Brewster in Fulbourn in 1875 was the latest tragedy to befall so-called ‘climbing boys’ in Victorian Britain. But it would be the catalyst for a seismic ...

Topics include: life as a Victorian chimney-sweep, Victorian servants ... audioThe Trapper The life of a young Victorian child working in a coal mine. Street children. audioStreet children ...