Most people I know ( except the no cane ‘A;’ stream until my upper fifth year ) were caned...
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I suppose having four house master, a deputy head, and the Head ‘ licensed to cane’ meant there were...
By around 1982/3, levels had dropped drastically & the casual/regular canings were starting to become legend and folk-lore. Most...
An alternative strategy for avoiding assembly and the hated HM was to be there for registration. Then wander upstairs,...
Even in those days, there were a few inner-city schools where the on-duty Master or Masters due to supervise...
To look first at the situation down here in the run-up to 1987, I was always pretty clued up...
Most of my contemporaries, male or female, at the local tech or secondaries, were probably far more likely to...
In some areas of England the leather school strap was used instead of, or as well as,the cane, particularly...
My understanding is that there were possibly 3 major suppliers of canes to English schools, two based in London...
Headmasters could wield much influence, some saw the tawse as the last option and discouraged their staff from using...