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Chimney Sweep Standing Outside His Shop Doorway At 102 The Pleasance 1914

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Chimney Sweep Standing Outside His Shop Doorway At 102 The Pleasance 1914
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William Farquhar.

My grandfather was called up to join the army in 1914, but he fell off a roof while sweeping a chimney and broke his neck and died.” – Alma Laing (née Farquhar)

Donor number: 0113-015

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Location:
The Pleasance
Categories:
Daily Life
Tags:
1910s 1914 accident building cap chimney death doorway drainpipe Edinburgh first world war hands behind back home jacket men net curtain outdoor pavement Pleasance profession shop standing street sweep tenement THELMA trousers window work workclothes World War One
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Living Memory Association
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First World War

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