There is also ‘The Marshall Case’ of 1835 involving Thomas Arnold which provides additional evidence that the cane was...
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I can, to set the ball rolling, give reference to the classic book Tom Brown’s Schooldays by Thomas Hughes,...
I certainly think some parts of the history of the cane are better known than may have been true...
There was nothing wrong with Court Lees school I was there in 1953 when John Fidoe was headmaster. Other...
i remember many boys from them days punishment was meted out accordingly depending on what you had done wrong,...
Generally speaking, while Approved Schools most certainly used the cane considerably more frequently and more severe to eight strokes...
I attended from july 1953 till jan 1960. Aged 8 and a half till 15. Corporal punishment was the...
The number of recorded canings in approved schools in England and Wales in 1966 was 3006. This was out...
I started a CP correspondence on my old boys site for my public school, it was the most popular...
Most approved schools (or community homes as they became in the early 70s) for both boys and girls are...