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In 1964, the film “Mary Poppins” was released starring Julie Andrews in the title role and Dick Van Dyke as the loveable chimney sweep “Bert”. The rooftop scenes with the pair singing “Chim Chim Cheree” certainly painted a rosier picture than what real “sweeps” had to endure until the late 1800s. Chimneys were often too […]