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"The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes" told the tale of a bold heroine who forged her own path
Pour one out for the people paid to rouse the workers of industrial Britain.
The last word, our series about emotions in books, focuses on those who are determined to succeed this month, from Lady Macbeth to Flaubert’
Some good things I read this week.
Mary Smith | The Knocker-Upper
Mary Smith | The Knocker-Upper
In the early 20th century, a Knocker-upper’s job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time, a profession that started in England and Ireland during the Industrial Revolution, before alarm clocks were affordable or reliable. Mary Smith earned six pence a week shooting a pea into the windows of the sleeping workers. Knocker-uppers mostly used long bamboo sticks, batons, canes,…
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Box blurb for a genuine wooden "knocker upper" found at a Garage Sale in the Vancouver Washington area.
Mary Smith | The Knocker-Upper
Mary Smith | The Knocker-Upper
In the early 20th century, a Knocker-upper’s job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time, a profession that started in England and Ireland during the Industrial Revolution, before alarm clocks were affordable or reliable.
Mary Smith earned six pence a week shooting a pea into the windows of the sleeping workers. Knocker-uppers mostly used long bamboo sticks, batons, canes,…
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Mary Smith – 'The Knocker-Upper'
Mary Smith – ‘The Knocker-Upper’
In the early 20th century, a Knocker-upper’s job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time, a profession that started in England and Ireland during the Industrial Revolution, before alarm clocks were affordable or reliable.
Mary Smith earned six pence a week shooting a pea into the windows of the sleeping workers. Knocker-uppers mostly used long bamboo sticks, batons, canes,…
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Mary Smith – 'The Knocker-Upper'
Mary Smith – ‘The Knocker-Upper’
In the early 20th century, a Knocker-upper’s job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time, a profession that started in England and Ireland during the Industrial Revolution, before alarm clocks were affordable or reliable.
Mary Smith earned six pence a week shooting a pea into the windows of the sleeping workers. Knocker-uppers mostly used long bamboo sticks, batons, canes,…
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Mary Smith the Knocker-Upper
Mary Smith the Knocker-Upper
In the early 20th century, a Knocker-upper’s job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time, a profession that started in England and Ireland during the Industrial Revolution, before alarm clocks were affordable or reliable. Mary Smith earned six pence a week shooting a pea into the windows of the sleeping workers. Knocker-uppers mostly used long bamboo sticks, batons, canes,…
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