The Headmaster who arrived when I was in the 6th form was said to take a couple of steps forward with each stroke. He was an ex-public school Housemaster. Having seen the evidence on the bottom of a boy from the lower forms, he hit harder than the previous incumbent.
A Run Up to Corporal Punishment7
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