They had to climb up the chimneys to clean them and sometimes, if required, they had to put out chimney fires which were quite common in Victorian Britain.

• 他们必须爬上烟囱去清洁，有时候，如果必要的话，他们还必须扑灭烟囱里的火，此种状况在英国的维多利亚是很普遍的。