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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s

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Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago
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    I like to think that she shot peas all the time while walking and sitting at home. Obviously she would never miss and is particularly good at ricochet combos.

  • yenahmik@lemmy.world
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    Question is: Who woke her for her shift?

    • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      The knocker-upper knocker-upper, I’m not joking.

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