President's Note, June 2024
June 10, 2024 | Articles
Tosher, slubber doffer, knocker upper. These may sound like smarmy slurs. Actually, they are obsolete occupations. Toshers were sewage scavengers, which is as awful as it sounds. Slubber doffers removed bobbins from looms in knitting mills. Knocker uppers made noise to awaken people in the era before alarm clocks. You…...
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