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The Worst Children's Jobs in History

Chimney-sweeping, turnip-picking or digging down a mine… in the nasty past, kids weren’t spared hard labour!

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Master Bun the Bakers' Boy

Bertie Bun is a baker’s son, born to be a baker. His dad is a baker. His mum is a baker. Even his grandparents were bakers. But Bertie has a big problem – he’s bored of bread! He wants to be a butcher’s boy, or a bus-driver’s boy or even a balloonist’s…

Master Salt the Sailors' Son

Miss Brick the Builders' Baby

Mr and Mrs Brick are builders, just like their mothers and fathers and grandmothers and grandfathers. But their new baby doesn’t seem to be following in their footsteps. Instead of building things up, she keeps knocking things down! A classic comic story…

Mr Biff the Boxer

Mr Biff the boxer loves to eat cream cakes and sit by the fire in his slippers. Mr Bop is a boxer too – he’s the fittest, toughest man in town. So Mr Biff will need to train hard before their charity match – but is he strong enough to swap his cream cakes…

Mrs Jolly's Joke Shop

‘I say, I say, I say, have you heard the story of Mrs Jolly’s Joke Shop? No? Well, here it is!’

Mrs Vole the Vet

Single mother Mrs Vole looks after her large family and a busy vet’s surgery – no job is too little, too big, or too complicated for her. Her children decide what she needs is a boyfriend and so they begin their search for the ideal man – and ideal happy…

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