This job isn't that strange considering the time,but the name of the job should get at least a few snickers. A Knocker-up was a person in England and Ireland that woke people up so they could get to work on time (I have no idea who woke the Knocker-up!). This occupation started during the Industrial Revolution and lasted into the 1920s,before alarm clocks were affordable or reliable. Several methods were used to knock people up,some used a stick to rap on doors,others used pea-shooters to shoot at upper windows,also long bamboo poles were employed for tapping on upper windows. The pay was minimal,only a few pence a week,but Knocker-ups were often a secondary job. Police sometimes did the job while on their rounds. So what you have here is a job with an odd name,low pay and chances are you weren't popular with your clients.
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