We all got Three of the Best, the one concession being that we only had to lean against her desk to be punished, whereas the boys had to bend right over and touch their toes.
I remember the whole experience as being really frightening and of course painful. However afterwards I can remember feeling really proud that not only had I had the Pump, but that unlike some of the others, I hadn’t cried.
Us lot down here in East Grinstead are intrigued. Could you possibly give us a clue – such as the initial letter of the school – and then we can all try and guess that it was Bromford Junior where presided the fearsome Miss Roberts.