As the end of term approached and the excitement of the upcoming holidays filled the air, my friends and...
Among my many memories of junior school, one incident stands out as particularly unusual. It involved a boy being...
One memory from my junior school days in the 1960s has stayed with me more vividly than most. In...
The late 1960s was a period of profound social change, and it must have been a particularly confusing time...
Corporal punishment was a normal part of school life during my school years, and like most boys of my...
Until recently, I had never really stopped to consider where the teachers at my primary school obtained the slippers...
For many boys who attended British schools during the mid-to-late 1970s, the physical education department was where they were...
In many British schools during the twentieth century, the slipper occupied a unique place among disciplinary measures. Unlike the...
The Mystery of the School Slipper: Size, Origin, and Legend One of the most frequently discussed aspects of school...
For many pupils who attended British schools during the era when corporal punishment was commonplace, caning was an accepted—if...
The severity of a caning is influenced by many factors. In the case of punishment on the buttocks, important...
One thing I have never fully understood is how some people who dreaded corporal punishment as children later became...