![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. : r/interestingasfuck 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. : r/interestingasfuck](https://preview.redd.it/473iwc2pue461.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c4d1332a53d6aa094d21b1c60d5634bfba3c297c)
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. : r/interestingasfuck
![A "knocker-up", esentially a human alarm clock whose job it was to wake up customers along their route (circa late 1800s early 1900s) : r/OldSchoolCool A "knocker-up", esentially a human alarm clock whose job it was to wake up customers along their route (circa late 1800s early 1900s) : r/OldSchoolCool](https://external-preview.redd.it/XC3c8Ty6Ro8md9Z7koYzbd9JSojBmzvZqLOFPE9g1y0.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=bcf6c60d478a59ddd57924cf58359dfb8b3a89a3)
A "knocker-up", esentially a human alarm clock whose job it was to wake up customers along their route (circa late 1800s early 1900s) : r/OldSchoolCool
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Did You Know? During Industrial Revolution There Were Human Alarm Clocks Called Knocker Uppers - Espact
![Knocker-up, sometimes known as a knocker-upper, was a profession in Britain and Ireland that started during and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution, when alarm clocks were neither cheap nor reliable. A Knocker-up, sometimes known as a knocker-upper, was a profession in Britain and Ireland that started during and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution, when alarm clocks were neither cheap nor reliable. A](https://i.redd.it/6hq7ohjcu5m61.jpg)