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Before There Were Alarm Clocks, Knocker-Ups Were Paid to Wake Up Their  Clients by Knocking! ~ Vintage Everyday
Before There Were Alarm Clocks, Knocker-Ups Were Paid to Wake Up Their Clients by Knocking! ~ Vintage Everyday

Knocker uppers: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain - BBC News
Knocker uppers: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain - BBC News

Early Birds Once Relied on Knocker-Uppers to Wake Them Up | Mental Floss
Early Birds Once Relied on Knocker-Uppers to Wake Them Up | Mental Floss

How did our North East ancestors get up for work each day? Meet the 'knocker-upper'  - Chronicle Live
How did our North East ancestors get up for work each day? Meet the 'knocker-upper' - Chronicle Live

Knocker-Uppers History: The Alarm Clock of the Old Century | by Maryam |  Medium
Knocker-Uppers History: The Alarm Clock of the Old Century | by Maryam | Medium

Knocker-up, sometimes known as a knocker-upper, was a profession in Britain  and Ireland that started during and lasted well into the Industrial  Revolution, when alarm clocks were neither cheap nor reliable. A
Knocker-up, sometimes known as a knocker-upper, was a profession in Britain and Ireland that started during and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution, when alarm clocks were neither cheap nor reliable. A

Knocker-uppers / Before the alarm clocks - Eirini Lachana Blog
Knocker-uppers / Before the alarm clocks - Eirini Lachana Blog

Who knocked up the Knocker Upper ? – LANCASHIRE MINING MUSEUM
Who knocked up the Knocker Upper ? – LANCASHIRE MINING MUSEUM

10 Awful Jobs You'll Be Glad No Longer Exist
10 Awful Jobs You'll Be Glad No Longer Exist

Before alarm clocks became widely affordable in the 1940s and 1950s, there  were people - called “knocker-uppers” - who had the job of waking up  workers during the Industrial Revolution, often by
Before alarm clocks became widely affordable in the 1940s and 1950s, there were people - called “knocker-uppers” - who had the job of waking up workers during the Industrial Revolution, often by

Who knocked up the Knocker Upper ? – LANCASHIRE MINING MUSEUM
Who knocked up the Knocker Upper ? – LANCASHIRE MINING MUSEUM

Who Were the Knocker-Uppers? | Snopes.com
Who Were the Knocker-Uppers? | Snopes.com

Get.factual - Have you also asked yourself: "How did people back in time  woke up without an alarm clock?" Here's the answer! Before alarm clocks  existed, there were “knocker-uppers”. Those were people,
Get.factual - Have you also asked yourself: "How did people back in time woke up without an alarm clock?" Here's the answer! Before alarm clocks existed, there were “knocker-uppers”. Those were people,

Before Alarm Clocks, Britain Had Knocker Uppers | Cracked.com
Before Alarm Clocks, Britain Had Knocker Uppers | Cracked.com

The Knocker-Upper - the Extinct Profession of Waking People up by Knocking  | Lessons from History
The Knocker-Upper - the Extinct Profession of Waking People up by Knocking | Lessons from History

Knocker uppers: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain - BBC News
Knocker uppers: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain - BBC News

Here's how people woke up on time before alarm clocks existed - Belfast Live
Here's how people woke up on time before alarm clocks existed - Belfast Live

Before alarm clocks, there were knocker uppers to wake up people, but who  woke up the knockers? - Quora
Before alarm clocks, there were knocker uppers to wake up people, but who woke up the knockers? - Quora

The London 'knocker-up' – archive, 1914 | Work & careers | The Guardian
The London 'knocker-up' – archive, 1914 | Work & careers | The Guardian

Before alarm clocks, Brits paid people to wake them up by tapping on their  window | Mashable
Before alarm clocks, Brits paid people to wake them up by tapping on their window | Mashable

Knocker up job hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
Knocker up job hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Grace Elliot - blog.: The Victorian Knocker-Upper
Grace Elliot - blog.: The Victorian Knocker-Upper

Before Alarm Clocks, There Were "Knocker Uppers" To Wake Up The People Of  Industrial Britain - Did You Know?
Before Alarm Clocks, There Were "Knocker Uppers" To Wake Up The People Of Industrial Britain - Did You Know?

Who knocked up the Knocker Upper ? – LANCASHIRE MINING MUSEUM
Who knocked up the Knocker Upper ? – LANCASHIRE MINING MUSEUM

Before alarm clocks were affordable, there was a profession called a “ Knocker-Up“ | The Vintage News
Before alarm clocks were affordable, there was a profession called a “ Knocker-Up“ | The Vintage News

Grandiloquent Word of the Day - Knocker-Up [NOK-er-uhp] (n.) - One employed  to rouse workers by knocking at their doors or windows; a human alarm-clock.  From “knock” by way of Old English “
Grandiloquent Word of the Day - Knocker-Up [NOK-er-uhp] (n.) - One employed to rouse workers by knocking at their doors or windows; a human alarm-clock. From “knock” by way of Old English “