I cannot recall any status attaching to receiving CP at either my Junior School or my Secondary School, with one exception. As I’ve mentioned before the Form Master in my first year at Secondary School, a very large and muscular young man, wielded a size 12 leather-soled sandal instead of the more traditional gym shoe. The application of this implement could cause even 12-year-old boys to shed a tear.
Corporal Punishment Cane or Otherwise8
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You Have the Choice21
I feel quite excited as the end of the school day approaches and can’t wait for the final lesson...
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A Trip to the Head37
The three final ones were grouped together at the base of my bottom, leaving the middle area clear. “That’s...
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Whole Class Punisment15
It never happened at my school, so far as I know, but a friend of mine who went to...
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More Friends Reunited CP References13
Mr. G. Self was the Headmaster when I went to Ringmer school in the 1950’s. Mrs Spong was the...
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CP discrimination2
I remember we used to give this boy some pennies, which was a lot for us in those days...
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A Mixed School 7
We know the boys were caned with six strokes each because they told us so; by now the girls...
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Corporal Punishment References from Buy Gone Days9
During my further education years, I had a fairly healthy, though certainly not obsessive, interest in the opposite sex,...
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The Spanish Slipper2
“Your father gave me full permission to punish you as I see fit. You’ll be returning to bed...