Akanksha Singh

Akanksha Singh

Akanksha Singh

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A collage featuring two images of Mr William Crompton, the oldest knocker-upper in Bolton in 1939.
The Past
How alarm clocks put knocker-uppers out of business
Meet the people paid to rouse the workers of industrial Britain.
Akanksha Singh
An old black and white photo of a man practicing phrenology on a bust.
Neuropsych
The lies that skulls told us
The pseudoscience phrenology swept the popular imagination, and its practitioners made a mint preying on prejudices, gullibility, and misinformation.
Akanksha Singh
The Past
How refrigeration destroyed the massive international ice industry
Ice harvesters once made a living from frozen lakes and ponds, but the work was strenuous and dangerous. Then refrigeration changed everything.
Akanksha Singh
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