And then of course, there were PE teachers who would pick boys out at random and give them between one and five strokes on any pretext (having your shoelace undone was one I remember.) This was the one time when bare bottom whackings did happen; if you misbehaved in the gym or changing rooms (not on the playing field, of course) then the PE teacher thought nothing about making you drop your shorts — totally pointless since we weren’t allowed underpants and the thin shorts were not much protection. There was one b*stard whose specialty was giving boys who had been slacking in the lesson a stroke of the slipper as they came out of the shower. It must be said, that the PE teachers didn’t whack nearly as hard as the other teachers, although they did it much more often….
Slippered at School19
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Shane, Dale & The Rufty Tufty Club 1
Shane and Dale were tough guys. Real tough. You didn’t mess with those two. Everyone in Belleville knew that....
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School Belt40
Quote: ‘Unless for some faults which rarely occur, whipping is never inflicted.’ Rice was in advance of contemporary standards...
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Female Pupils Slippered1
I’m interested in women who were slippered by male teachers at school, did it ever happen? was it common...
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Caning at Cothill2
“The book goes on to describe a swishing that was carried out on several pupils for ragging in the...
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Teachers at home1
I often wondered if teachers who gave the slipper or cane at school also gave it at home. Did...
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Corporal Punishment in Mixed Secondary Modern1
isn’t it likely that our knowledge of CP in mixed secondary modern schools of the 50s – 70s is...
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Caning on the Hands4
If it was hands for girls, the fact they have more fatty tissue down there might also explain a...
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School Corporal Punishment History35
In the 1920s Edmunds taught writing to the Junior School with ‘a bunch of keys with which he...