The Belt My experience with the belt has been limited to the bare buttocks, so I cannot compare its...
Discussions about traditional school punishments often focus on the severity of different implements, but much depends on their design,...
Over the years, I have found myself in a position where I can make some meaningful comparisons between the...
A girl who lived in the same street was very interested in a slippering I received from the P.E...
Looking back, one of the more interesting aspects of school corporal punishment was not necessarily the punishment itself, but...
At our school, corporal punishment was a visible and accepted part of everyday life. It existed within the wider...
Among boys at traditional schools where corporal punishment was commonplace, receiving the cane often carried a curious social status....
One incident from my school days that has always stayed with me involved a punishment I received from the...
Looking back on my school days, I can still remember one particular incident that seemed to surprise an adult...
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...