I “lesson planning” was a bit advanced for 1956 infants teachers!
But, I know distance lends enchantment, even so,Miss Dutton was a sweet looking lass of about 25, with dark hair in a pony-tail, and about the least likely smacker or spanker I would ever have thought of!
The headmistress of the infants school would not have looked out of place in the front row of a rugby scrum-not because she was terrifyingly ugly, she was simply terrifying!!! Had we been looked after by a headmaster, I suspect Miss Dutton might just have caught his eye.
Mind you, at 4 years old, I wasn’t yet in the habit of looking at the female bottom with a view to its’ spankability. Those smackings & spankings frightened me,
I will agree, Miss Dutton did get me off on the right foot-I learned very quickly never to mix it with a woman, especially when they have the drop on you! Fair enough, she did also teach me to concentrate!