For me slippering was very different at home then at school. At home, my father would use one of his moccasin slippers – an old pair was kept in the top drawer of his wardrobe. Slipperings usually happened first thing on a Saturday morning whilst Mum was out shopping and would take place with me lying over a pile of pillows in the middle of the bed. I can remember getting at least 6 strokes on several occasions.

At school, the PE Master slippered – usually just one stroke with a gym shoe. I got this just once when I was being over-enthusiastic in games and hadn’t heard his command to stop what we were doing. I had the bruise for around a week!