I attended a strict Boys Grammar School from 1965 – 1973. The Headmaster held his position from 1958 to 1978.He was always hot tempered and impatient – apparently particularly so ,in his early years though by the time I arrive in September 1965 he had cooled down a bit.
I distinctly recall a conversation between my mother and a neighbour who had a son in the sixth form.This was early 1962. The Headmaster punished a boy so severely that his legs were made to bleed. Even he recognized he had gone too far and proceeded to apologise to the boy’s parents.
Corporal Punishment An Abuse of Trust1
