Unabashed by post-Freudian anxieties about physical contact, the old propensity to hit boys was part of a broader enthusiasm for touching which let many masters throw a comradely arm round boys’ shoulders. In primary school boys learnt the ABC from Miss Hay (staff 1862-70) literally sitting on her knew. As late as the 1940s. Gilray could hug a boy. David Grounds (1946), although aiming for Medicine still wanted to study English Literature, evoking a spontaneous embrace from Gilray in the middle of the quadrangle.
School Corporal Punishment History40
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The Ritual of Discipline Part 7 The Spanking
Satisfied that I am properly prepared, mother pulls me to her right side. I shuffle, trying not to trip...
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School Corporal Punishment References71
Moorside High Manchester Thelma Hogg Mr Hayes – maths (frightening, how I remember that cane, Lindsay Sheldon Teacher Memories...
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Diapered Dandy: Birth Of A Hero Scene 7
Jesseca spent hours on the street that night fighting every piece of scum she could find, her...
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Mrs Trosper10
She then took Jerry’s pants down, turned him over her knee and after lowering his underpants she blistered his...
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Slippering for ‘Fun’.4
I think that Dominum makes a good point about the warning element of a non-painful slippering, but this warning...
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Caning from of the Times12
Friday, October 19th 1945 HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE KING’S BENCH DIVISION PUNISHMENT OF BOY: ACTION AGAINST HEADMASTER FAILS...
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More Friends Reunited CP References20
The Headmistress, Miss Standing was a fearsome woman. She once bent me over the desk in her office and...
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Caning Practice7
When I was training to be a teacher, we had a couple of classes that included discussion of the...