In 1963 Scotch caned a fifth former (Year 11) for smoking away from the school and not in school clothes. Most caning in the early 1960s was for smoking for which four strokes was the usual penalty. This was heavier than Nicholson’s caning back in 1936. The aim was both to punish and to change behaviour. A recidivist smoker was condemned to six strokes and “Told by School Capt. Some pertinent factors about School life & we hope was brought around to our way of thinking.’
School Corporal Punishment History50
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School Corporal Punishment History86
‘Wesley College: The First Hundred Years’ by Geoffrey Blainey, James Morrisey and S.E.K. Hulme. It contains far less corporal...
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Catholic School in New England19
Mother Frances said, “Would you like to tell the class what you did yesterday afternoon, young lady?” I couldn’t...
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Mrs Wilkins99
On and on it went. At times, it was completely drowned out by the rain. Then it would reappear...
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Pupils in a Class of their Own for Bad Behaviour26
Clearly we must have been ahead of the game up here in the Nottinghamshire Coalfield during the 1940s/1950s! There...
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School Discipline References4
Hi, I was caned and when I got home and showed my mum the mark of the cane on...
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Edwardian Prep School Canings30
The bottom would be inspected minutely, the weals commented upon, the general severity gauged and a conclusion reached as...
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Hand Spanking16
This was not,in many ways, dissimilar from the spankings given by our lady teachers. In some ways the elements...
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Origins of the Interest2
It hurt quite a bit, but I was sure that it must hurt much more if administered by someone...