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Northshore October 2025
Billy Sweet of Billy Sweet Chimney Sweep   Billy Sweet, owner of Billy Sweet Chimney Sweep in Swampscott. By Kiley Jacques - photograph by Patrick Marasco   The tools: [Our] traditional set of rods and brushes are the same type you see Dick Van Dyke and his fellow sweeps dancing with when they sing "Step in Time" in the movie Mary Poppins. Of course, we don’t actually go up inside the flue as they do in the movie. And wouldn’t everyone like a girlfriend like Mary Poppins!   The clientele: We like to educate our customers, and a smart customer has us come every year. But before a customer has
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