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Few workers possessed alarm clocks, so the services of this ‘knocker up’ were in demand. Mary Smith’s clients were roused by her shooting peas at their windows. East End of London, 1927
Photograph: John Topham / TopFoto
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2021/oct/21/port-city-london-on-the-river-in-pictures
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