In its center was what looked like a small vaulting horse but it had been modified to include leather restraints on each of the four legs and leather belts which dangled from underneath the middle of the horse and halfway down two of its legs. But what really caught my attention was the glass-fronted display case mounted on the wall behind the vaulting horse. In it were displayed six crook-handled rattan canes of varying lengths and thicknesses. Not surprisingly I had a premonition that one of them would soon be making a colourful pattern on my backside.
The Headmaster’s Study14
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Tawse Protection Clothing26
There was considerable thought given within local authorities and by Head’s and teachers in Scotland to banning the belt...
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Caning from of the Times19
Tuesday, Aug 23, 1966 CLEARED OF ASSAULT AFTER CANING BOY The headmaster of Elmwood Junior School, Croydon, Surrey, who...
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Felipe & I Part 2
I’d quickly seen enough, pulled the door to and sat at the kitchen table, aghast at what...
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The strapping of Lawrence Tanner1
Laurence Tanner was a an underprivelged student at a primary school in a small repectable town in 1963, he...
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Chastisement Across the Ages29
The trial proper took place in May, 1953; the Prosecution urged that Wildman was guilty of obscene libel in...
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Why Corporal Punishment Has to / Had to Go35
It’s highly immoral for a school to give up on educating a child – by, for example, expelling them...
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SCHOOL CORPORAL PUNISHMENT8
What a welcome to out community! It has of late been rather quiet, but thanks to you, you...
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Corporal Punishment & Slipper Sizes27
Some PE teachers would use a boy’s own plimsole and other teachers would sometimes ask for boys in the...