three in a row for the traffic lights, Just red and green, outside both the Head’s and Deputy Head’s doors.
On one occasion I was most definitely saved from a caning by the fates. Myself and a friend (Martin) had been out on the shooting range ( Yes OTC but we didn’t mind a bit of shooting, however hypocritical ) and overstayed. There were obvious safety precautions which included returning guns and ammo. In order to do this, as we were late we took a quick shortcut through the swimming pool. This was shared with the girl’s school: boys morning, girls afternoon. the girls were already there, well that just caused amusement….but we had to traverse the length of the pool with ‘unlawful’ footwear.