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    Knocker-upper job to wake people up - photo

    Knocker-upper job to wake people up. This was a real job during the Industrial Revolution. Obviously, alarm clocks certainly existed at that time, but I guess they were prohibitively expensive.




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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker-up
    https://vimeo.com/showcase/3066233/video/108109027

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