Hello Red_bum,

Please forgive a gentle correction from an admirer of your contributions, but the former Conservative Prime Minister is Theresa May.  Teresa May was a well known contemporary dominatrix.  Although she specialised in dealing with naughty males I seem to recall that her web site included mention of dealing with naughty ladies so she might have undertaken the caning of the three Prime Ministerial ladies for you. 

And how does a total novice in adult recreational CP like me come to have any knowledge of such things?  Well as it happened the confusion over the name arose here back in 2010 during the festive silly season and in the then silly season tradition, the ‘Caned or fined, you decide’ thread.

When former contributor Steve who had been a civil servant in Whitehall and had encountered Theresa May in her pre-PM political roles suggested her as an ideal celebratory caner (don’t ask  ) and he and I waxed a little too enthusiastic about the idea, former contributor Ketta suggested that six of the best from the then Home Secretary  would do us both the world of good!  Former contributor JennyBR then pointed out the ongoing misspelling and gave a link to the Teresa May site.  Naturally I felt it incumbent upon me to visit it!

My later contribution here in another thread gives details, picture link, and unlike the 2010 thread the links in it still work.

Provided that she had worn one of the split skirts and a pair of the high heeled shoes for which she was famous (see picture linked in above linked post) I stand by my declaration of loyalty to Theresa May as a celebratory caner.  Although she is on record as not being in favour of SCP from her days as Education Secretary, watching parliamentary scenes after she was ousted as PM I had the very strong impression that she’d have been happy to give Boris Johnson a few hard cane strokes!

Hello AL, ooops I got that spelling wrong then of Theresa May, thanks for the correction
Now, the other Teresa May , a dominatrix, maybe I need to visit her then. Lol !!!

One to add is Amanda Burton who played the Headmistress in the TV series Waterloo Road. She got caned at school on more than one occasion.

I’d never heard that before, good contribution Grammar School Boy. Any more info on that, hand/ bottom etc?
I know she grew up in Derry Northern Ireland, and her father was a Primary School Headmaster.

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The article does not elaborate except she got caned more than once by a headmistress. Sorry.

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson attended Oundle School, Northants where he sent two tonnes of horses–t to his housemaster.  Dickinson says “I was beaten but it  was absolutley worth it. Six strokes of a cane and your arse would bleed but it was definitely worth it, seeing two tonnes of steaming horses–t on the front steps of this gleaming Georgian facade aand thinking ‘l did that'”.
He was subsequently expelled from Oundle for allegedly urinating in the headmaster’s dinner and then attended King Edward VII Grammar School, Sheffield.

Neither Dickinson nor his housemaster sound charming characters.

For the benefit of Another_Lurker Iron Maiden was a popular beat combo. There is also  a Nottinghamshire connection as Dickinson grew up in Worksop.

Hello JamieMurphy,

Thank you for your very kind consideration of my lack of musical knowledge.  Worksop is of course bandit country.  I recall once attending a computer retail establishment there and being told that the white van in the car park was selling illegal imported cigarettes!   I was devastated.  How could such things be in totally law abiding and ultra safe  Nottinghamshire!  

Unrelated, but I’ve always been a fan of the beat combo sextet known as Iron Maiden.  Many years ago I was flying to holiday in the Algarve and when boarding the flight I thought that the captain looked a bit like Bruce Dickinson, I asked the cabin crew to confirm his identity which they did.  I ensured I was the last to disembark and I had a chat and my photo taken with him.  I wish I’d known of his manure and urinating escapades, I would have asked him about it.

Back on topic, whilst I’ve been researching Hampshire, I’ve tried to find some similar accounts to verify the alleged slippering of Fiona Philips.  I’ve successfully infiltrated a private facebook group for Millbrook Secondary School.  As recent as June 2023 Christine Lewis started a thread requesting information by asking:

‘Came across a mention of Fiona Phillips on another site yesterday.

Did we ever get to the bottom (pun intended) of her allegation that she was frequently slippered over a desk by an unnamed male teacher?
Seems an odd allegation to publicly make if there was no truth in it at all. ‘

Most of Fiona’s contemporaries can’t recall any girls being for that time period.

Within the group there is also a link to this article

Consequently, I’m wondering if her alleged slippering took place at her previous school in Kent.  I will investigate further.

Finally, a quick one regarding celebrities who caned.  Former Mastermind 1984 winner Margaret Harris was the deputy head of Woolston Comprehensive in Southampton where she apparently caned both girls and boys well into the 1980s.  Not only did this lady have an extensive knowledge of the South African Postal History she was also a fantastic darts player.

A little more info regarding Bruce Dickinson . As well as being a talented Rock band frontman, it seems he had considerable academic ability .

Having achieved A level passes to gain a place at the not unprestigious    Queen Mary college, U of London, it seems his extracurricular   activities with rock bands resulted in a neglect of his studies and near expulsion.  However, it appears he had a rare ability to super cram, something which those of us who mentally exhausted ourselves during our Uni years. , despite a considerably more sedate pace, will envy.

Wikipedia tells us

Graham (“Thunderstick”) and Paul Samson paid a visit.^[21] Impressed with his stage-act, they talked with Dickinson afterwards and invited him to be their new singer.^[22] Dickinson agreed to join their band, Samson, but only once he’d finished taking his History finals two weeks later.^[22] Until that point, he had been neglecting his University education.^[22] As a result, the university had tried to kick him out for failing his Second Year exams and not paying his accommodation fees, but he was saved because of his role as Entertainments Officer.^[22] After writing six months’ worth of essays in the space of two weeks and some last minute cramming for his exams, Dickinson achieved a 2:2.^[22]