Lindsay Anderson’s IF was the film in the mid-1960 which brought a view of English Public School Prefects beatings to a wider audience. Based in part on Anderson’s time at Cheltenham in the 1930s, by the time IF was in the cinemas, many of the older schools had abandoned that sanction. As a pupil at one of these schools in the late 1950s and early 1960s, I was at both ends of the cane as a youngster and subsequently as a Prefect myself.
Caned by the Prefect13
Related Articles
-
Why Corporal Punishment Has to / Had to Go45
Any form of corporal punishment should certainly NOT be like a couple of cases recently posted about abusive paddling...
-
Cane and Parents Watching6
The only thing like that I ever saw, was one time in grade five, a kid in our class...
-
Suspect Teacher who Meted out C.P in the 1950s11
You actually did not see much of the actual spankings as he would usually be sitting at his desk...
-
Witnessed School Paddling9
I was stunned from what I just witnessed. Once the coast was clear, I left the bathroom and went...
-
Irish & British Corporal Punishment Experiences Compared16
When we moved to England for 2 years I was sent to a nearby Catholic School. I did not...
-
School Corporal Punishment History29
Boy Prefects: “They were exempt from corporal punishment. They entered the Study Hall last (after ‘interviewing offenders in line’)....
-
Edwardian Prep School Canings33
The cane was abolished, and the fearsome four-wanded rod. All the same, they were still spanked and slippered on...
-
Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s40
I heard her pick up the cane again and heard four or five practice swings before I felt the...