In the British Press 2014-20192

“Harlow Star” “Paul Wilson”

“Daily Mail” Sellotape chatterbox mouth

As the poet had it:

We had tripe in Swadlincote
Tough enough to choke a goat.

“Harlow Star” “Paul Wilson”

Article by Ken Clarke in the Nottingham Post , June 9. I cannot reproduce it here , it is not very revealing , but A_L may be interested. He may know a teacher called David Peters .

“Harlow Star” “Paul Wilson”

<div style=”width:100%;background-image:url(“/realm/A_L_123/A_L_trg.gif”);”>Hello Declan,

The Nottingham Evening Post article to which you refer above is to be found here. I was contemporary with but a couple of years behind Ken Clarke at NHS, having arrived there by the same route, though at the expense of County not City rate-payers. He notes that he was never a Prefect, but for a time we were both Privs (sort of sub-Prefect), him in the third year sixth and me in the first year and my memory is that he was a darn sight more officious than me. But I could be wrong.

I am interested to note that he too was a little surprised to find that having been king of the castle academically at his Junior School the academic streams at NHS were stuffed full of very able competitors. Quite a shock that was. I remember it well!

I also remember Slob Peters well. His nickname derived from the fact that, like Ken Clarke in later years with those hush puppies, he was a little more relaxed in his sartorial approach than most of the Masters at NHS. He never taught me, but I did have an encounter with him once when he was returning from the watering hole near the rear gates of the school on Forest Road to which certain Masters were wont to retire at lunch time.

On meeting a Master in the street one was supposed to snap to attention and greet them with ‘Good morning Sir’ or ‘Good Afternoon Sir’ as appropriate. Raising the cap was optional, but could earn brownie points. I must have been thinking about something else and failed to acknowledge him at all. He gave me a brief lecture but left it at that. Could have been much worse if I’d have done the same thing when he was on the way to the pub after the stress of instructing the young Ken Clarke all morning!

In fact Slob was a dedicated and much liked teacher. A little after I left he and his wife took a party of boys to Italy on a school trip. Nothing exceptional about that you might think. Except that they were on their honeymoon!</div>

“Harlow Star” “Paul Wilson”

http://www.nottinghampost.com/School-Da … story.html

Another of those girls who, we’re told, never got caned in real life. There’s also the female Mayor who talks about getting the strap at school in Jamaica in the same thread.

“Harlow Star” “Paul Wilson”

<div style=”width:100%;background-image:url(“/realm/A_L_123/A_L_trg.gif”);”>Well done, neilfrommanc,

It is good that somebody is keeping the Forum title firmly in mind. I must be getting careless. Once upon a time I’d have spotted those two on-topic extensions of Declan‘s lead.

After carefully correlating dates I have concluded that Ms Pollard’s six of the best at Peveril School would have been a year or two before I worked for a time in Robin’s Wood Road. However in general Nottingham schools don’t seem to have been averse to CP and I’ve no doubt that the cane was still in use then at Peveril School and some of the other schools in the vicinity, though whether that included the rather posh school for girls ………… </div>

“Harlow Star” “Paul Wilson”

“Daily Mail” “Kevin Donnelly” cane

“Harlow Star” “Paul Wilson”

Son of Scoop said:
“Daily Mail” “Kevin Donnelly” cane

Kevin Donnelly was a controversial appointment to a review of the Australian education curriculum. In answer to a question on radio he said “corporal punishment in schools was very effective”. There is much discussion in the Australian media on his comments.

This and this are articles from the Australian press on the issue. The survey in the latter is odd – option 5 is ‘other’, currently chosen by 55% of respondents.

“Harlow Star” “Paul Wilson”

One would love to believe that Miss Pollard got her six of the best on the seat of the knickers. Is there any hope that it may have been so?

“Harlow Star” “Paul Wilson”

<div style=”width:100%;background-image:url(“/realm/A_L_123/A_L_trg.gif”);”>Hello David King,

You said above:

I would estimate that there is a 49.374% probability, but within that a 89.182% probability that there would have been at least one additional layer of clothing between cane and seat of knickers.

Seriously, your best hope of resolving this vital issue lies in your own research. Friends Reunited and any Facebook sites for the Peveril school, Robin’s Wood Road, Nottingham would be good places to start. Ms Pollard would have been at the Peveril School between (approx) 1961 and 1965 inclusive, so any information you can find on the use of the cane at the school in that period may assist.

Other carefully tailored Googling may also help. For instance along the way you will discover with diligent choice of search terms that the Headmaster of the Peveril School during Ms Pollard’s time there kept and used what another caned pupil describes as a ‘proper cane’. You will also discover that Ms Pollard played Miss Hannigan, cane-wielding Matron of an orphanage for girls in several tours of the musical ‘Annie’. Did she cane any of her charges on-stage? If so does her modus operandi give a lead to the nature of her own caning at school?

Finally, to encourage you in your quest, is Ms Pollard trying to give us a clue as to her school experience in this picture? Please let us know your findings and conclusions in due course! </div>

“Harlow Star” “Paul Wilson”

Actually, Miss Hannigan’s implement of choice is a wooden paddle – this is New York, after all – and yes, one swipe is administered on stage in most productions.