Sweep Collection (#9)

Collecting supplies for refugees WWII
Rich and poor alike bring gifts to the Womens Voluntary Service Depot for the Belgian refugees during World War II. Here the local chimney sweep brings a pram whilst Lady Lucas Tooth

Morocco - Street Sweepers
Road Sweepers in Morocco, connected by a rope (to prevent them sweeping the same patch twice)

Morocco - Road Sweeper
A road sweeper with a large broom in Tangiers, Morocco

Lear / Nonsense / Tyre / Lyre
There was a Young Lady of Tyre, who swept the loud chords of a lyre; at the sound of each sweep, she enraptured the deep, and enchanted the city of Tyre

A chimney sweep takes a break from his work to enjoy a well-deserved snack. A dog looks on expectantly, hoping for a share of the food

Tom in the Bedroom
Tom the chimney sweep finds himself in the beautiful and very clean bedroom of Ellie, the Squires daughter, at Harthwood House

Milkmaid / Boy Sweep C1890
A little milkmaid and a little chimney sweep stop to talk in a field

Girls Sweep Snow C1880
Two girls, sent out into the yard to sweep up snow, watch robins as they forage for food

Girl Sweeps Snow C1886
A little girl attempts to sweep away the snow, as more snowflakes fall; a robin looks up at her

C17 Chimneysweep
A chimney sweep and his apprentice, who was sent up the chimney

Papal Jubilee / Entry
He opens the Jubilee by entering St Peters Rome, carrying a cross, by the Porta Santa (the only time its ever opened), while priests sweep the sill and sing a Te Deum

London Smog
A cart and a sweep dimly seen in a London smog

Victorian Toys. Hoops
Victorian children playing with their hoops in the street as a smart boy struts by

Happy Families / Mr Soot
" Happy Families" was devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Close-up of multicoloured beach huts on the long sweeping beach of Llanbedrog, Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Reflections in the tidal seawater pools of the long sweeping beach of Llanbedrog, Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Do jobs come any more boring. A chinese road sweeper whose job it is to sweep the hard shoulder of the highway with a
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Germans Crush Belgium
Belgium : having taken the Netherlands, the Germans sweep through Belgium and quickly overwhelm the opposing forces

Social / Romania Streets
Folk sweep up the dust on the streets of a Transylvanian village

May Day (Haydon)
A May-Day bride in her carriage passes a Punch-&-Judy show : traditional figures dance beside beggars and street traders

Housemaid (Petherick)
London characters: a HOUSEMAID uses her broom to sweep the front steps of the house where she is employed

Chimneysweep (Petherick)
London characters: the CHIMNEY SWEEP walks the streets with his brushes, offering his services - for every home is heated with coal fires which clog the chimneys with soot

Theatregoers in Gallery
Boxing-Night ( A picture in the National Gallery )

Chimney Sweep / Boy
A young chimney sweep cleans the pipe of a stove with his brush

Children Cleaning Home
Three children hoover, sweep and iron while mother does some sewing on a machine

Jet Black Chimney Sweep
A young male chimney sweep is jet black after a day cleaning chimneys

Lannes as a Lad
JEAN LANNES As a boy, the future general - son of a stable-boy - works in a wash-house. Later he will make a clean sweep of the enemy at Montebello

Observatory Hill
People enjoy the fine weather and finer views on the long sweep of grass down from Observatory Hill In Greenwich Park

Climbing Chimney Sweep
Climbing chimney sweep

Windsor Castle Town Gate
A view of St Georges Chapel and the town gate of Windsor Castle, with soldiers, a knife-grinder, a sweep and street traders outside the castle wall

Chimneysweep
A sweep comes down the wrong chimney and finds himself in a girls bedroom (scene from Kingsleys The Water Babies )

French Sweep Boys
LES RAMONEURS French chimneysweeps leave for the days work

Chimney Sweep / Mrs Soot
Mrs Soot the Sweeps Wife, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861 Date: 1861

Chimney Sweep / Mr Soot
Mr Soot the Sweep, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Chimney Sweep / Chatterbox
A young chimney sweep clutching a posy

Sweeping Snow C1890
A little girl sweeps the snow by the steps, watched by a robin Date: circa 1890

Flames Panic 1666
Panicking citizens seek to save their possessions as the flames sweep towards them

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