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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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  • @detalferous@lemm.ee
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    45•2 years ago

    She was a knocker upper

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

  • @yenahmik@lemmy.world
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    38•2 years ago

    Question is: Who woke her for her shift?

    • Onii-Chan
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      39•2 years ago

      It’s pea shooters all the way down.

    • @Rolando@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      The Wokemen.

      (but who woke the Wokemen?)

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

    • @OfficerBribe@lemm.ee
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      12•2 years ago

      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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      5•2 years ago

      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.

  • @Sakychu@lemmy.world
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    30•2 years ago

    Freaking Alarm clock are stealing our jobs!

  • @Doorbook@lemmy.world
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    9•2 years ago

    How to apply for this job?

    • PugJesusM
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      9•2 years ago

      Just show up one day, start doing it, and demand money.

  • Deceptichum
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    5•2 years ago

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

  • @gatelike@feddit.de
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    4•2 years ago

    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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