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The story of Knocker Uppers and a lesson for lawyers
A few days back, I was reading about the Industrial Revolution in Europe when I came across the story of ‘knocker-uppers’.
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A few days back, I was reading about the Industrial Revolution in Europe when I came across the story of ‘knocker-uppers’.
#knockerupper #lesson #lawyers #revolution
It was a profession in Britain and Ireland that started during the Industrial Revolution. This was prevalent even in the 1920s when alarm clocks were priced exorbitantly and were not reliable. A knocker-upper's job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time.
They would wake up their clients by tapping on their bedroom windows. On the street outside, walking to the next customer's house would be a figure wielding a long stick.
