The following accounts, drawn from recollections of former pupils across Britain, illustrate the strict disciplinary atmosphere that prevailed in...
The following accounts, drawn from former pupils’ recollections of schools across England and Wales, illustrate the strict disciplinary atmosphere...
Accounts from former pupils at a number of British schools recall the widespread use of corporal punishment during the...
In schools across Britain during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, corporal punishment remained a firmly established part of school...
In many British schools during the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, corporal punishment formed an accepted part of school...
I was greatly shocked the first time I received corporal punishment at grammar school, for I had not expected...
Accounts of corporal punishment in schools during the post-war decades frequently illustrated the extent to which discipline was regarded...
I have endeavoured to imagine myself, at the age of fourteen, in the circumstances you describe so vividly. I...
The three-day period during which examination results were returned must have been an exceedingly anxious time for the boys...
The use of the slipper as a form of school punishment has often been described as comparatively mild, scarcely...
The orderly march to Brighton was eventually replaced by journeys to the North Brighton Drill Hall at a time...
“Brother Camillus, a personable and well-meaning teacher, experienced considerable difficulty in maintaining discipline within the large junior secondary classes....