‘The Slipper’, (most commonly an old white plimsoll with the laces removed – but sometimes a trainer, baseball shoe or leather sandal), was commonly used in class when I was at school; although slipperings were also administered in private.
I experienced both public and private slipperings myself, but preferred being taken into a private room to be given ‘The Slipper’ or being asked to wait behind at the end of the lesson to be slippered as I didn’t have to put on a brave face and I could say ‘Ow!’ w
during the slippering. On two occasions, I was slippered privately with another boy present who was also seeing the teacher for a slippering and it was therefore necessary to pretend that I wasn’t worried about bending over for ‘The Slipper’ and to try not to show any signs that it hurt.