Before alarm clocks were affordable, ‘knocker- ups’ were used to wake people early in the morning UK around 1900 (612 × 688)

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_ElBee_

This begs the question: did knocker-ups have knocker-ups to wake them in the morning?
vontokkerths

Who wakes the knocker up?

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