Heather Hoffman ( Kemp-Welch Secondary Modern, 1950s)
It was the ruler in Primary school and the cane in Secondary school. I was a straight-A student, but if you talked or misbehaved it warranted a good caning from the teacher…. I got it plenty before I got to be a quiet girl and did all my misbehavior at recess. I went to an all-girls school and the teachers were brutal.
Ana Guirau ( no school given)
I remember my 6-foot 4-inch teacher caning me with a walking stick. I was 10 years old…and tiny.. he broke two of my fingers… I remember him smiling… he was a sick, sick man… and Oh what did I do.. I giggled, how bad was I?
Susie Wong ( Coopersdale Infants early 1970s)
Yep, I got the slipper for chewing gum.
Patricia Olesiak ( no school given)
We had the cane, myself and my friends were caught mitching, we used to hold the tears back, where it used to sting.
