Have you ever heard of a knocker-upper? [I Love History]
They used to go around waking people up in mostly the north of England, with their long poles to tap on windows or some even used pea shooters.![]()
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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
Did people pay them for that service?
Raine · F
@samueltyler2 yes they got a pittance
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@Raine instead of having an alarm clock? What era?
Raine · F
@samueltyler2 Victorian times, mostly for the miners. It totally died out in 1970s.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@Raine I see someone on this thread looked it up. Interesting. One never thinks about something so mundane.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@Raine one of the fun things with SW is learning new things.
Raine · F
@samueltyler2 yes, there are lots of interesting folk on here.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@Raine am I one? 😉
Raine · F
@samueltyler2 we all are in one way or another
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@Raine true, but some of us need to be "stroked" periodically.