Who would wake her up tho 
A 'Knocker-up' was hired to ensure that people would wake up on time for their jobs. Mary Smith earned sixpence a week shooting dried peas at sleeping workers' windows in East London in the 1930spic.twitter.com/t94LzTnKrA
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My grandad was a knocker up...he got 17 women pregnant in one week ...
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Meddlesome old ratbag
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She looks so pleased with herself
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I'm sure that hipsters would pay me to do this
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If I dressed up as a f*cking court jester or something and used organic peas
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Who knocks up the Knockers-Up?
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The Baker's apprentice. Seriously, they're up at three so they have to do something for those minutes before they get the fire rousted. Gather the fuel and knock on the knocker up's window next door and begin to get the hearth alight again.
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I thought it was as well. Thought the picture was from some movie
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Aye, but who will be the Knocker-upper's Knocker-upper?
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That's my
#Victorianjob of choice, closely followed by Funeral Mute.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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But where was the Snooze Button?
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Easy: throw a farthing to the lady with the dried peas down on the street, and she'll be back before the bell strikes again
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The Knocker Up Knocker Upper.
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