The second slippering was given by Miss Browne who was the deputy headmistress and always slippered hard and when I got home and changed that evening the slippermarks were still on my bottom.

I was by myself that time and had to bend low down over a stool that stretched my blue skirt tight. I think I yelped at each whack, it hurt a lot more than the first time, and that had been bad enough.

The slipper was a black plimsole both times with a well-worn sole