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The only lady sweep in England.
A chimney top view - Mrs. Olive Walker, 53, a third generation sweep from Worplesdon, Surrey. Brooms and rods cost about 6 a set and when she went into the trade during WW2 her total outlay was 15. - Feature for Picture Post, 21 April 1951. Photograph by George Douglas
Creator
- George Douglas / TopFoto
Subject
- Working woman
- Sweep, chimney sweep, sweeping chimney
- Brush, brushes, sweeps brush, chimney brush
- First woman, only woman, pioneer,
- 1950s , 50s, nineteen fifties
- 1951
- Hard life, dirty work, manual work, heavy work,
- Dirty work, soot,
- …
- Working class
- Pollution
Type of item
- Photography, Professional Photography
Creator
- George Douglas / TopFoto
Subject
- Working woman
- Sweep, chimney sweep, sweeping chimney
- Brush, brushes, sweeps brush, chimney brush
- First woman, only woman, pioneer,
- 1950s , 50s, nineteen fifties
- 1951
- Hard life, dirty work, manual work, heavy work,
- Dirty work, soot,
- …
- Working class
- Pollution
Type of item
- Photography, Professional Photography
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
- Fifties in Europe Kaleidoscope - 1950s
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Place-Time
- 21/04/1951
Places
- Worplesdon , Surrey , United Kingdom England
Identifier
- https://www.topfoto.co.uk/asset/2829673
- https://www.topfoto.co.uk/asset/2829673
Language
- eng
- English
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-10-25T11:15:29.143Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-04T13:13:41.617Z