During the 1960s, I attended a prep school in North Yorkshire.

From this prep school, I have very fond memories of our loving but strict matron.

Many smacked bottoms were received from her to keep us all in line.

Our matron was fairly young, in her early 30s, but she was very experienced in discipline.

She was very strict about any misbehaviour either in the dormitory or the bathroom.

Any boy who transgressed could expect to receive a sore bottom.

If there was misbehaviour in the bathroom, Matron would slipper you.

This was usually given across the seat of your underpants but still stung considerably.

To receive your punishment, you would be ordered to bend over, touching your toes.

For misbehaviour in the dormitory, Matron’s remedy for naughty boys was an ordinary bedroom slipper.

This was usually given across the seat of your pyjama bottoms.

Again, Matron would order you to bend over, either over the end of your bed or touching your toes, depending on the occasion.

Any naughty charge never got any less than six of the best with the slipper.

The most I ever got was a dozen after I was caught three times in one night either out of my bed or talking after ‘lights out.

As I say, Matron was very experienced in discipline and you felt your misbehaviour for some time after the punishment itself.

That said, she was by no means a sadist.

On the contary.

She was in fact, a very fun-loving lady who cared for us all very much.

My last spanking from Matron was on the very last night of my last prep school term.

Strangely enough, it was also Matron’s last night at the school too.

She was getting married during the summer holidays.

In those days matrons had to be single ladies, as they were ‘live-in’ posts.