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...
#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
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#5: Using truncheons and pea shooters they would rap on doors and windows
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#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
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#8: How airplanes were detected before the modern radar
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#9: they were used to help warn troops of approaching aircrafts
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#10: these rat catchers....
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#11: who were hired in Europe to hunt down and catch rats and prevent the spread of diseases
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#12: it wasn't an easy job as many of them would suffer from rat bites
#13: The lamp lighters...
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#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
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#18: The ever active switch board operators
#19: Before automatic switching was invented switchboard operators played an integral part in connecting calls.
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#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
