Domestic bliss or domestic abuse is in the eye of the beholder. This link has a sexual connotation somewhat on the sultry and seductive side around 1939 and one I had previously posted. The other two seem to be far more innocent. The New York Times is from a hundred years ago and a photo taken not much later from sources unknown. The Globe has become smaller in cyberspace but fewer bizarre stories are found farther from our shores. Is it just a matter of finding them in the archives or not making them readily available? The NYT serve is nothing less than magisterial.
Memory corner4
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Making a Meal of It1
I grew up in the 1970s in the south of England. My mother had me when she was considerably...
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School Corporal Punishment History120
“Brother Camillus, a likeable man, had experienced problems in controlling the sizeable junior secondary classes. His mistake was in...
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Caning from of the Times81
He went on: “Evidence has been obtained which reveals that wholly excessive violence has been used at this school...
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School Punishment Book50
Certainly in my area, parents prior to 1960, not only accepted but expected me to administer punishment on the...
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Georgina of the Fifth20
Georgina could never keep still for five seconds, her restless hands were always fidgeting or her feet shuffling, or...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage69
Nowadays, we do actually have published research that backs this up, but with this as in many other cases,...
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Auntie Deirdre Takes Charge4
I blushed deeply at the mention of something so embarrassing as corporal punishment but managed a nod. “ Have...
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Put Back on Track4
I made my way around my classmates who were showering and laughing about the game we had just played....