Get to work on time: Waking up before the invention of alarm clocks
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© BBC/ Alamy/ Alarm clocks through the ages From candles that drop metal pins every hour to the knocker uppers of industrial…
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The quirky ways people woke up before alarm clocks
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During Britain's industrial revolution, new factories faced a need for strict timekeeping – including far more specific start…