“In 1967 with I.M. MacGregor’s death Haileybury lost a prime mover in the Keysborough project, and an influential English teacher. His nickname of ‘Jock’ was hardly original, but fitted the broad Scottish accent, craggy appearance, and dry humour. An avaricious reader of English classics, he was especially fond of Chaucer and Shakespeare.
School Corporal Punishment History129
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Corporal Punishment References162
Walshaw High Burnley Hena Mrs Jamison- didn’t like her,I was stuck on bog and came a bit late,...
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Six-of-best10
I had one six-of-the-best at secondary school. I went numb after the first stroke. Subsequent strokes I just felt...
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Females of the Military13
The two younger girls, aged eighteen or nineteen, were to receive ten strokes each and the slightly older girl,...
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School CP’s Little Secret56
Some teachers will give a child a fair hearing, and the benefit of any doubt, but not all will....
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Bullying & Corporal Punishment3
You might think that intimidation and harassment is just how kids play around, but these behaviors have very real...
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The slipper at school3
I secretly witnessed 2 girls from the year below getting slippered by a right hard case called Mrs Turley....
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Outside the Heads Office23
Then when the door finally opened and you were invited in and told to stand in front of the...
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School Corporal Punishment History84
Sir James Darling, Headmaster: “After receiving gifts from the school and thanking them with his usual wit and power,...