One big factor for me that hasn’t been mentioned is the chance of my mother finding out I’d been in trouble at school. If she found out I had got a detention, I would have probably got the wooden spoon at home anyway. So I’d do the detention (it was called ‘penals’ at my school) and get whacked anyway.
Corporal Punishment Cane or Otherwise10
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The Headmaster’s Study17
I was trapped in a corner. If the other two boys were to be caned then I could hardly...
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Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s5
However, I had kept out of any trouble at all and was already getting a reputation as a swot...
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School Corporal Punishment References27
Coney Green School Bury Alicia Mr Smith was my form tutor, how lucky was I! He gave me the...
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A Hot Day in a Life2
Zara was born and it had become tration to place an egg shaped birth-stone for each child born into...
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A little bit of discipline 6
The only thing to be said in favour of this ordeal was that it was, as Mother had...
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Receiving Corporal Punishment as an Adult out of Curiosity38
It is almost ten years since the memorable occasion of my first proper caning. As you say, there is...
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Corporal Punishment & Slipper Sizes19
PE teachers were the cause of most lads getting slippered at some point in school (mid to late 70s)...
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Corporal Punishment & Slipper Sizes35
I don`t think they were told how many strokes they had to give themselves, they just had to make...