I used to know an old man, who was a boy at a private “prep” school during the 1910s/1920s. He was a friend of my parents and died at least 25 years ago now, but used to come round to our house a lot after he was widowed, as my parents had befriended him and his wife when she was alive. This would have been in the early 1970s when I and my siblings were children. He was known to us as “Uncle Reg”. He used to tell us stories of his days at school. It was a public (i.e. private) “prep” boys school. As it was a prep school, it catered for boys up to about age 11 or 12, when they would move up to a senior public school, like Harrow or Rugby
Edwardian Prep School Canings1
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Punishment in Instalments23
I never heard of this “installments” thing in my twelve years of Catholic schools in the U.S. If you...
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Corporal Punishment Cane or Otherwise1
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1960s Remniscence2
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Purposeful Corporal Punishment9
While I liked it on some levels, I really didn’t like it on others and I never would have...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage40
However at the end of the 70’s the SCER produced a survey that indicated that out of a sample...
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There is always a First Time9
Alan desperately tried to twist and turn but the woman was holding him too firmly. He cried out and...
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First encounter with CP4
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Origin of Caning in Schools1
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