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Boot blacking is what we now call polish. It was called blacking because that was the only color in which it was made. Much later other colors were introduced and eventually makers began calling it polish. It was in a boot blacking factory that Charles Dickens worked for a few months when he was 11 or 12; he applied labels to bottles of blacking.

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What does a boot blacking fctory do?

It is when you polish shoes and at a factory you make the polishing supplies.


What was worrens blacking factory?

Warren's Blacking Factory was a factory where Charles Dickens worked as a child, pasting labels on bottles of boot blacking. This experience had a profound impact on Dickens and influenced his writing, including themes of poverty, class struggle, and social injustice in his novels.


What was Warren's Black Factory?

Warren's Blacking Factory boot polish company. Dickens applied labels to bottles and secured the paper seals on top.


Where did Charles dicksons work when he was 12?

At the age of 12, Charles Dickens worked in a blacking factory where he pasted labels onto pots of boot blacking. This experience marked him deeply and influenced much of his writing later on.


Why was dickens forced to quit school at twelve and go to work?

His father John was made bankrupt and imprisoned for debt. He was then forced to work in a Boot Blacking factory


What age did Charles dickens start to work at a boot blacking factory?

Charles Dickens started working at a boot blacking factory at the age of 12, after his father was imprisoned for debt. He worked long hours in harsh conditions, an experience that deeply influenced his later writing and his advocacy for social reform.


How old was Charles when got first job at the Warrens blacking factory?

Charles Dickens was 12 years old when he first started working at the Warren's blacking factory.


Where was Charles Dickens first job?

Warren Blacking Factory


What was the name of the blacking factory Charles dickens worked in?

The closest to a specfic date is Wikipedia, who says it was right before his father was arrested for debt (John Dickens certain saw it coming). Charles was 12 at the time, which would make the year 1824.


What kind of factory did Charles Dickens work at?

A Blacking Factory where they would what we call shoe polish boots


What was Charles Dickens first job?

Charles Dickens first job was working in Warren's Blacking Factory


When Charles Dickens was twelve he worked in what type of warehouse?

He worked for 8 months in a blacking (shoe polish) factory, attaching labels to bottles of blacking.