I do remember one instance in particular when some boys in the lower year at Ackmar decided to do a bit of ‘Alternative’ shopping in the little sweet shop just by the underground railway bridge in parsons green lane.
They got it, upfront in assembly on one of the full school assemblies (usually Mondays)
We used to joke that he always said before a session that the caning was going to hurt him more than the recipient, but I dont think that was the case at all as he seemed to me at least to be quite a brutal sort of character.
When grown men of 50+ were allowed to whack a mere 13 year old there was always going to be something wrong.
Thank heavens this has ALL stopped now.
This is ONE of MY memories of the top man in