Chimney Sweep Sign in Lviv
Lviv, like most cities in the nineteenth century, needed chimney sweeps to keep chimneys clean from the soot that accumulated from burning coal. The bas-relief of a chimney sweep on Anhelovycha Street is one of the only reminders of the era of chimney sweeps . At the beginning of the twentieth century, the owner of the building which has the sign was a master in chimney cleaning. Several years ago, the restaurant Dim Lehend (House of Legends) installed a statue of a chimney sweep on the building's chimney. A wonderful song about a chimney sweep by the band the Decemberists "The Chimbley Sweep" I am a chimbley, a chimbley sweep No bed to lie, no shoes to hold my feet Upon the rooftops in dead of night You'll hear me cry, I'll shake you from your sleep...