We all know that amongst boys getting the cane often was a badge of honour… but how was it seen amongst the girls of the school?
Were these boys held up as figures of rebellious glamour and bad-boy appeal?
Did getting the cane make boys seem more macho and so virile and a more attractive prospective partner… or just as a loser who can’t keep himself out of trouble?
From the other end of the problem there is no doubt that the Scottish population suffers from more psychiatric...
I notice that the “one smack on back of leg” is administered by a different teacher to the one...
The food sounded crummy too, and then having to shower and toilet in front of other boys. I liked...
Further, until 1974 the boys’ and girls’ schools were separate – she says she went to an all-girl school....
Giving evidence in person at the hearing the girl, known as pupil A, confirmed her police statement which was...
Uncle Reg often spoke of the canings that took place there, and I remember, as a child of about...
Evening Standard, London, 30 October 1978 Girl who’s afraid of going to school By Sue Reid TEENAGER Sue Olds...
Mr Snaith He once belted me across the backside in front of the whole class, I hated him. No...