The classroom of the 1940’s was often a dreary place for the student. Time passed on tortoise legs as endless periods of algebra or “Mort d’Arthur” filled the day. In those war-time classroom the distractions had to be manufactured from the few possibilities available. Before ball-points, the school-boy used a pen with a steel nib attached to a wooden stem which was usually chewed to a pulp by the ruminating scholar.
School Corporal Punishment History116
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Caned by the Prefect16
As a student in mixed government schools, I didn’t really see male prefects as holding much power over me...
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Headmasters Caning Rules17
I think the Magdalene caning was on the backs of their thighs. I recall a story of a newly-qualified...
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School Corporal Punishment References18
Carbrook Sheffield Clifflad I received the cane from Miss Renshaw in 1954 and it still stings. Roggert miss egerton...
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Caning from of the Times74
An undisclosed number of children at Sandwell, West Midlands, were caned after a demonstration that led to three youths...
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Over the edge4
I looked up keenly at Ms Campbell, and her face instantly changed from sweet and kind to angry and...
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How Would you Rate your Schools Punishments27
Yes, I do think that much beyond primary school age it is undesirable to subject boys and girls to...
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Corporal Punishment and The Caning Experience43
I never saw any, either here or at any other school I attended apart from the marks of a...
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Corporal Punishment References99
Nunthorpe Comp Middlesborough Donna Thompson Anyone here old enough to remember Mrs Allen when she was The Head of...