The late 1940s and early 1950s now seem like a different moral universe. Modern Britain tends to interpret childhood...
Ann, born in 1947, received the strap across an unspecified part of the body from a female teacher between...
Accounts from Greenfield Primary School in Oldham, previously circulated though now difficult to trace to their original publication, appear...
Birley High School (Secondary), Manchester. Clarksfield School (Secondary), Oldham. Counthill School (Secondary), Oldham. Evidently, the strap was commonly used...
Accounts of school discipline from the 1950s through the 1980s reveal a striking variety in both methods and attitudes...
Alexandra Park Primary School – Stockport Penny, born in 1948, was caned across an unspecified part of the body...
The cricketing exploits of Ms Janet Dines and the formidable discipline imposed by female teachers on unruly schoolboys are...
(short pause) Turning to the subject of Janet Dines and John Lindsay Guise, I find myself in agreement with...
I wonder, could these latter two be the same Pauline? The dates certainly align, and it’s not uncommon for...
When discussing the notorious former headmistress at Northwich County Grammar School, it’s important to consider her reputation in the...
Sheena’s story, set not in the 1960s but in 1983, at Dean Row Secondary School. Sheena’s memory is sharp,...
Cumbria Accounts Ambleside Primary School – Ambleside Christine, born 1966, was caned across the hand by a male teacher...