On being called in you had your crime read out and you had the chance to say anything in your defence, usually this was a formality because you knew what to expect. The Headmaster, with one of the Housemasters as a witness, ordered you to bend over and touch your toes. He’d then give you six firm strokes of the cane, over the football shorts which being the old-fashioned serge wool type, were quite thick. But after four strokes it was starting to hurt and six was quite an ordeal, you had to work hard to “keep quiet and stay in position”.
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