J Thompson the oldest knocker up in Blackburn. The job of a knocker-up's was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time. They used a long and light stick (often bamboo) to tap on the bedroom windows. The knocker-up would not leave a client's window until they were assured the client had been awoken. In return the knocker-up would be paid a few pence a week by each of his clients for this service. 30th December 1911
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J Thompson the oldest knocker up in Blackburn. The job of a knocker-up's was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time. They used a long and light stick (often bamboo) to tap on the bedroom windows. The knocker-up would not leave a client's window until they were assured the client had been awoken. In return the knocker-up would be paid a few pence a week by each of his clients for this service. 30th December 1911

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Photographe : Mirrorpix

Date

30 déc. 1911

Crédit

Photo12/Alamy/Trinity MirrorMirrorpix

Notre référence

LMY23T01_EM8269

Utilisation

uniquement en France

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

83,3Mo (3,7Mo) / 29,8cm x 70,1cm / 3515 x 8280 (300dpi)

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