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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s

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Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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    She was a knocker upper

    (Which is a real name for this job, not a joke)

  • yenahmik@lemmy.world
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    Question is: Who woke her for her shift?

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      It’s pea shooters all the way down.

    • Rolando@lemmy.world
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      The Wokemen.

      (but who woke the Wokemen?)

      Edit: now that I think about it, they probably just used a “woke agenda”.

    • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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      The knocker-upper knocker-upper, I’m not joking.

      • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.works
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        Fellow QI fan?

        • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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          That could well be where I heard it!

          • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.works
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            Probably! https://youtu.be/FwZBEo2JHIw?t=1913

            • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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              I remember, yes that’s the one.

    • OfficerBribe@lemm.ee
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      As per this article:

      “The knocker uppers were night owls and slept during the day instead, waking at about four in the afternoon,” says author Richard Jones.

    • 257m@sh.itjust.works
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      Well its obvious she just stays up all night. She doesn’t need sleep. In fact sleep is deathly scared of her and has been for a while.

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    Freaking Alarm clock are stealing our jobs!

  • Doorbook@lemmy.world
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    How to apply for this job?

    • PugJesus@kbin.socialM
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      Just show up one day, start doing it, and demand money.

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    I doubt workers could afford much, and it probably took a few, so they must be some cheap arse peas to use as ammo.

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    I like to think that she shot peas all the time while walking and sitting at home. Obviously she would never miss and is particularly good at ricochet combos.

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