knocker upper

Before the rise of automated alarms, people would be woken for work by an early-morning “knocker upper”, a person going door-to-door tapping windowpanes with a long wooden stick, which did not die out in Britain until the 1940s and 50s.

Scientist’s ‘ruthlessly imaginative’ 1925 predictions for the future come true – mostly Caroline Davies 2024

Before the rise of automated alarms, people would be woken for work by an early-morning “knocker upper”, a person going door-to-door tapping windowpanes with a long wooden stick, which did not die out in Britain until the 1940s and 50s.

Scientist’s ‘ruthlessly imaginative’ 1925 predictions for the future come true – mostly Caroline Davies 2024