The boys were 11. She just sat there, drinking her tea, and told me that she had seen many a boy having his bottom caned with nothing on. She just sat and watched. She showed no emotion at all as the cane whipped across the boy’s bottoms. She just got up and left when it was over. However another mother in the 1960s,s complained and left before the boys were caned as she did not wish to see them getting it on their trousers. In actual fact it was given on their pants.
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The Plimsol & Court Case1
Does anybody remember the famous court case from about 20 years ago, about a teacher (from a mixed northern...
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Aunt Blanche10
Cranking him around by his ear, Blanche stared directly into his eyes, and with chilling malice in her voice,...
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Asking for it5
For a second we looked at each other, there was nothing more to say. Mum broke the silence: “If...
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Two of the Three R’s in 1956 7
I was also withdrawn for a while, but blossomed out at the primary school level. However, at Grammar school,...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage63
Absolutely – there’s more involved than just corporal punishment. But psychologists do have a great deal of experience in...
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Reminscences of a not-so-wild colonial boy3
During my first year at high school I was caned on 28 separate occasions which I think was probably...
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Old School Thoughts on Discipline7
When your behaviour was felt to have crossed a certain threshold, you were called out from your seat, told...
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Whole Class Punisment87
That brought back memories, on which I’ve commented before in this estimable Forum. In the early 1960s starting a...