11 thoughts on “Back To Work, You

  1. Ian-O

    I’ll have to wait 8 years before I can quality as being ‘fifty two years an imbecile…..”

    : (

    Raw Victorian ageism on display right there.

  2. Rob

    Knocker up was a fairly standard occupation. Factory owners would send out knocker uppers to wake their workers, until the disrupters came along with their personal alarm clock business.

    1. Paulus

      Did knocking up occur during the knocking up? Perhaps that’s where the slang phrase comes from.

  3. Holden MaGroin

    I enjoyed this. I don’t know why but I didn’t think there would be jokers in that period.

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