I recall the incident in the infants when a lad bought a collection of his mum’s clothes pegs to school, your imagination was needed, clip one upright peg to one horizontal and they made good men on horses, bored with that game they looked better clipped to the back of Miss’s flowing skirt, parading round on playground duty, a couple took her attention chatting, others took turns doing the evil deed and so on. The source of much giggling in class then she sat down, Oh was she angry when she twigged, no sense of humor, it was sleeve rolled up for all, then take your hands rest them against your opposite shoulder, and slap away getting both the top and bottom part of your arm in one foul swoop,
Prep Class Memories4
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Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s32
At the weekend Julie and I received permission to go into the local town and to stay there for...
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Memories of Corporal Punishment17
The Janet Dines / Lynne Simmons caning case was taken up by STOPP and run as a test case...
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Devastation Caused by Discipline17
This in itself was very destructive (as I realise now) as this allowed my fear to feed on itself....
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Just Desserts6
All this has nothing to do with the bathroom being flooded, except that the closet holding the old linens...
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Nicola’s second smacking1
Nicola was in many ways a defiant little girl, who constantly pushed the boundaries, and it was only three...
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Corporal Punishment and The Caning Experience60
At my school, hand canings tended to be those that came suddenly and unexpectedly when we stepped out of...
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The Slipper in UK Schools43
I guess this may have been due to the fact that it was administered across PE shorts, it was...
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Did the Cane Hurt as Much as you Thought15
I don’t think I dreaded the cane, rather I was curious about it. The Head rarely caned but those...