The most recent record shown is 25 May 1982, and the subject of the entry, 11-year-old H Barker, he of the ‘single slap on back of leg’ in J4, the top class of Junior school, will still only be aged around 40 or 41. Pretty embarrassing if your mates got hold of that, don’t you think?
Yes, I’ve happily recounted my own leg slapping experience here, but that was in Infant School, not the top class of Junior (Primary) school, AND I got a lot more than 1 slap. Even so, I described it as ‘a ‘baby’ punishment if ever there was one, and thus totally undignified’, which it was!