Our chimney needed sweeping and the sweep said OK

Tomorrow at 2

Good enough he was on time, then found the brush

would not go through,

He said: "These chimneys have a bend and that's the reason why",

So I paid him for coming but wished he had had a second try.

So we were back to square one with the job not done

Then decided our own brush and rods we would buy

Still the brush would not go through and the next thing we could do

Was try to find out the real reason why,

So up in the rafters we did find the bend and

Took out some bricks, but that wasn't the end,

We got the brush through, but what a mucky job to do

And we hadn't thought what we would do with the soot,

So we dug a big hole in the garden and that's where we buried the "loot".

We looked at each other for we both needed a bath

We sat down for a rest and had a good laugh

This happened years ago and now with happy memories to keep

I remember my dear husband my DIY sweep. Mrs L Walton, Broadway, Farnworth

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