We know the Victorians used to send children up chimneys. but we've just come across an unusual story from the States about a child who had to be rescued from inside a chimney by firefighters. Apparently the eight-year-old boy was stuck in the chimney for four hours after trying to use it as a way into the house. He'd turned up there earlier and had played with the grandchildren of the couple who owned the house and been given a drink and snack. He'd been sent home but claimed he'd come back because he was thirsty and had tried to get into the house through the chimney as the owners were out. When they returned, they kept thinking they could hear a child's voice and finally tracked it down to the chimney - from where the boy was rescued by firefighters!
It's a rare tale and you can read more about it here - but it does show quite how skilled and agile those Victorian chimney children must have been!
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