{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63877ba3285bb600101b753a/63c40e927ae74e0010e9e417?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#4 - The Chimney Sweep Diet of Soot and Suffering","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63877ba3285bb600101b753a/1671294766229-824e91bf5759a45692c86c56ba27de71.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Hello and welcome to episode 4 of Dining with our ancestors, exploring what those who passed their genes to us ate, and the constraints on them, in an attempt to better understand ourselves.&nbsp;</p><p>Today, a Victorian mother must sell her son into the chimney sweep trade to ensure the family has enough food to get through the winter.</p><p><br></p><p>You can expect to learn:</p><ul><li>What a typical chimney sweep ate, how long a work day was and was his lunchbreak allocated?</li><li>What were more broadly Victorian pay and conditions like, how did this contribute to the wider industrial revolution?&nbsp;</li><li>What would a typical Victorian family eat daily, how was this prepared in the same terraced houses that litter the UK today - but without modern technological proficiencies?</li><li>How did the practice of Chimney sweeping become eradicated, and what impact did literature and poetry have?&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Does Mrs. Jones' sale of her son actually deliver the hope of a better future?</p><p>Or does it only condemn to further misery and suffering...</p><p><br></p><p>If you enjoyed, please follow the podcast so you don't miss the next episode, released every other Sunday @ 5pm GMT.</p><p><br></p><p>Get in touch, I'd love to hear from you:</p><p>www.twitter.com/willfaconnelly</p><p><br></p><p>I featured on a Philosophy podcast:</p><p>https://youtu.be/OYkuW4xTZ8s</p><p><br></p><p>My fashion project:</p><p>www.instagram.com/burnt.berries</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"William Connelly"}