Strange jobs from the good ol' days that no longer exist

By Editorial Staff in Cool On 4th March 2014
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#1: These bowling pin setters...

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#2: Mostly teenagers were employed

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#3: The Knocker uppers

#4: Knocker uppers were basically human alarm clocks to wake their clients up

#5: Using truncheons and pea shooters they would rap on doors and windows

#6: The Ice Cutters..

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#7: When the lakes froze, the ice cutters would cut out huge blocks of ice and give it to the ice delivery men

#8: How airplanes were detected before the modern radar

#9: they were used to help warn troops of approaching aircrafts

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#10: these rat catchers....

#11: who were hired in Europe to hunt down and catch rats and prevent the spread of diseases

#12: it wasn't an easy job as many of them would suffer from rat bites

#13: The lamp lighters...

#14: until modern street lights with electric bulbs, lamp lighters would go around lighting or extinguishing street lights

#15: The Milkman

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#16: since there were less effective refrigeration and preservation techniques

#17: Before tree logs could be transported these men were employed to guide the tree log down rivers

#18: The ever active switch board operators

#19: Before automatic switching was invented switchboard operators played an integral part in connecting calls.

#20: Ressurectionists who were grave diggers and body snatchers. The collected corpses were than sold to medical universities to be used as cadavers

#21: Lectors for factory workers

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#22: Lectors were hired to entertain factory workers who worked all day