How the British people wake when there is no watch

Make sure you are very surprised with this 1-0-2 awakening.

To wake up on time, we often rely on the help of an alarm clock or rely on a loved one.

But do you know that, in the old days, there was no alarm clock to ring loudly, how would you wake up early? The answer is to hire people to call me up.

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These workers have the task of getting up early and waking up "guests".

Back in history, back in the middle of the 18th century in England, there was a rather strange occupation with the name of the alarm profession. Specifically, those who do this work have a duty to wake up early and wake up "guests" to wake up.

The reason for this strange part of the profession was born by the planters, the owners of the factories who wanted to make sure their employees were not late at work.

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The wake-up bag is a long bamboo stick, a baton, or a stick .

So, they thought of hiring a person to wake people up early in the morning.

The baggage on the way to "wake up" is a long bamboo stick, a baton, or a stick .

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Many people also use a more special weapon - those are bullets.

Every morning, they will use this tool to smash into the bedroom window, the main door of the worker to wake them up.

Many people also use a more special weapon - the "bullets" - are dried beans to shoot in the window, creating a wake-up call.

The "alarm" service was quite popular until the 1930s in many parts of England.