Before alarm clocks, a knocker-up was a profession where people were employed to wake workers up with a long stick. England and Ireland. Late 1920s [1000 x 750]

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1. O2starved

   And then there was the guy who woke up those guys. The knocker up knocker upper

2. ColorfullyTemporary

   This should get best Reddit post of all time.

3. twentytwoelephants

   I would pay and give the keys to my home to anyone who would shake me awake every day.