5. Number of strokes.
Sometimes a “quick slippering” would consist of one or two whacks with “The Slipper”. A typical slippering would be two or three. Four usually indicated that this was “quite serious” although there were some teachers who just gave a set tariff of four or five with “The Slipper” for all offenses and “six of the best” was quite rare.
Slippered at School25
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Between the aisles2
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School Discipline Experiences in the 60s1
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True Memories of School CP5
When it was done in public like this the teacher always took his time savouring the moment. This only...
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Trouble in the Village 2
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School Corporal Punishment History12
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Over the Knee We Went 8
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Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s16
Miranda read out the case against me and when I was asked to respond I said that it was...
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School Corporal Punishment References41
George Eliot Community Nuneaton Gaynor Ah the memories of getting caned by Mrs Shennon( god it hurt!) Dawn Daffern...