Runningman   136 #85 Posted November 12, 2019 On 09/11/2019 at 08:57, gaz 786 said: What about the bloke that tapped on windows to get people up for work every day with his long stick to reach bedrooms 👽 Hi gaz 786  Interesting comment ! Was aware of this practice, but did it occur in Sheffield ? Thought it to be something then went on in the W Yorks mill towns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Kidorry   188 #86 Posted November 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Runningman said: Hi gaz 786  Interesting comment ! Was aware of this practice, but did it occur in Sheffield ? Thought it to be something then went on in the W Yorks mill towns. Yes it occurred here and it was usually the gas lamp lighter who did it with the long pole he had for lighting the gas lights on the streets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Runningman   136 #87 Posted November 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Kidorry said: Yes it occurred here and it was usually the gas lamp lighter who did it with the long pole he had for lighting the gas lights on the streets. Hi Kidorry  Wasn't are of the practice where I lived as a kid at Highfields in Sheffield, although we were well away from any of the Sheffield area pits i.e. Nunnery and Handsworth. Lads working those locations would be up early for the 6-00 am start and therefore some of them would have required that knock on the bedroom window. Was the Knocker Up paid for his task I wonder ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
trastrick   866 #88 Posted November 13, 2019 With unreliable, and often broken, wind up clocks in those days, a common expression was,"Knock me up in the morning!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Kidorry   188 #89 Posted November 13, 2019 11 hours ago, Runningman said: Hi Kidorry  Wasn't are of the practice where I lived as a kid at Highfields in Sheffield, although we were well away from any of the Sheffield area pits i.e. Nunnery and Handsworth. Lads working those locations would be up early for the 6-00 am start and therefore some of them would have required that knock on the bedroom window. Was the Knocker Up paid for his task I wonder ? Most of the steel works started their morning shift at 6 a.m. and I think the knocker-up would get a few pence from the persons he knocked up. I can remember the gas lamp working at the end of our street. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Fourbytwo   12 #90 Posted November 13, 2019 4 hours ago, trastrick said: With unreliable, and often broken, wind up clocks in those days, a common expression was,"Knock me up in the morning!" There was a guy lived on Cambridge Rd. opposite the bottom of Carter Rd. who had the job of cleaning the glass on the old gas lamps and winding up the clocks. This was the early sixties, he was known as "Top hat" (don't ask),  local window cleaners would buy "scrim cloth" from him.  4x2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
carosio   178 #91 Posted November 13, 2019 6 hours ago, Fourbytwo said: There was a guy lived on Cambridge Rd. opposite the bottom of Carter Rd. who had the job of cleaning the glass on the old gas lamps and winding up the clocks. This was the early sixties, he was known as "Top hat" (don't ask),  local window cleaners would buy "scrim cloth" from him.  4x2 My grandfather was one of the lamplighters for Walkley/Crookes, although I never knew him as he died in 1945; this would be before they introduced the timers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
raymondo1952   11 #92 Posted November 13, 2019 The company I work for if they were short of workers on a morning shift 6 to 2  they sent a  utility man round to people's houses to knock you up by throwing little stones at the bedroom window to ask you if you want to work that shift it was called a double one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
scousemouse   10 #93 Posted November 13, 2019 Far things. I remember my mum giving me 4 to spend at Jennings house/shop on Archer Lane!  I was told they made a penny.  My grandma put silver 3d in the Christmas pudding, as the were, no tin foil in those days.  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ontarian1981   10 #94 Posted November 13, 2019 13 hours ago, trastrick said: With unreliable, and often broken, wind up clocks in those days, a common expression was,"Knock me up in the morning!" And as you know that has an entirely different meaning in Canada 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Lord Lucan   10 #95 Posted November 16, 2019 Anyone wear a Balaclava as a kid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Kidorry   188 #96 Posted November 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Lord Lucan said: Anyone wear a Balaclava as a kid Yes I did and I can remember wearing the woollen swimming trunks that tended to slip off if you dived into the pool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...