This of course didn’t mean that the headmaster wouldn’t cane a boy across his bare bottom if he considered that he was in dire need of it but in my time at the school I never heard of anyone ever getting a bare bottom six’ but that doesn’t mean that from time to time a bare bottom wasn’t presented in the heads study for a very severe beating on occasion and if it was, why wasn’t I informed!! I would say that all those caning tales you heard at bedtime had much more than a little truth behind them, dormitory canings, over pajamas canings ‘bare bottom canings in the privacy of the headmaster study, 12-stroke expulsion canings administered with extreme severity in front of the entire school,
Edwardian Prep School Canings26
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House Beatings5
My beef was the unfairness of group punishments and he must have known most were innocent. I can’t complain...
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A Trip to the Head2
“He wouldn’t do six, would he? It’s my first time!” By this time Andrew and Tom were approaching, wonder...
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Female Pupils Slippered25
For those of us who were there, remember that the people who weren’t are constantly regaled with the idea...
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Punishment in Instalments16
In other words,we were very well regimented, and this was looked upon as absolutely normal by the society of...
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Fooling Around5
In the coming weeks, Mrs B spanked me twice more and I began to enjoy her dominant manner. Then...
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Grammar School Strap
At my grammar school in the north-East, the strap was in full use. The school was mixed but usually...
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How long were your visits to the Headmaster/Mistress8
Instead of the usual dismissal after caning me. He allowed me time to regain my composure and then proceeded...
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The Cane and the Double Standard32
My school years were from 1957 to 1968 and during this time frame very little changed with regard to...