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Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s

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Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s

HistoryPornEnglish • 10 months ago

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