#OTD 1957: In the beautiful documentary Eye to Eye: Night in the City, which explored the streets of Manchester after dark, Dennis Mitchell spoke to a knocker-up. pic.twitter.com/XbNf9pSjjq
— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) June 14, 2018
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