Where's the Wedding?

I've been slowly clearing the 'salon' so that work can start there in earnest.  Now that it's cleared the first job was to sweep the chimney.

I should think that the chimney hasn't been swept for at least 25 years and it is coated with tar rather than soot.  I wanted to bring down as much of the loose stuff as possible before getting involved with decorating. 

The intention now is to have a woodburning stove fitted with the chimney lined and no doubt that will entail further sooty mess.  But that's a little way down the road!
In the meantime, anyone need a lucky chimney-sweep?