Afterwards, even with rubbing, the pain just continued and sitting down was almost unbearable on the hard wooden seats of our desks. So intense was the pain that to me it truly felt as if my bottom was naked, the cane cut horribly efficiently through my shorts and underpants. It left deep red tramline marks that quickly turned purple and took two weeks to clear. The cane was much dreaded by all boys and you never got used to it, every time it was an awful shock.
Corporal Punishment and The Caning Experience83
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Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s42
The Headmistress then told us the episode was over and gave us both a handful of tissues She also...
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A Trip to the Head19
So I stood and stared in dumbfounded apprehension, my hands moving behind me on their own accord, protecting my...
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Reactions to the Slipper14
On the subject of girls crying during slipperings, a lot depended on the circumstances. Girls slippered in front of...
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Whole Class Punisment100
A typical example of a crook handled secondary school cane might be about 32″ long and 10mm in dimeter....
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School Corporal Punishment History4
‘Mrs Mitchell was a small woman, gaining from some cheeky boys the name of ‘Pipsqueak’. Michael Corrigan remembers Miss...
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My First School Strapping6
And some got caught. And at our second weekly assembly for the term, the headmaster made a long speech...
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Punished for Bad School Report9
Of these justifications, the most irritating by far is “It never did me any harm”. If it hadn’t done...
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Corporal Punishment in the Sixties16
At my boy’s only secondary school the slipper was a common ‘classroom’ punishment. The Headmaster occasionally caned for severe...