For many children who attended school during the mid-twentieth century, corporal punishment was an accepted part of school life....
One individual described his first experience of being caned as an adult. He was required to bend over a...
When I returned to the dormitory grinning, I was treated as something of a hero, especially since I had...
School canes have varied considerably between institutions and across different periods. An 8 mm diameter cane seems rather thin...
The slipper (the right slipper!) can be an extremely effective instrument for striking the buttocks. Its effect is quite...
I have come across several accounts from adults who, despite never having experienced corporal punishment at school themselves, later...
One big factor for me that hasn’t been mentioned is the chance of my mother finding out I’d been...
I cannot recall any status attaching to receiving CP at either my Junior School or my Secondary School, with...
Detention involved having to write an essay on a set topic. I just loved writing essays when I was...
Although I wouldn’t have known it at the time, if I’d been caned I might now be able to...
When I was at school, the answer would definitely have been detention, although toward the end of my school...
There are few pleasures more agreeable to the devoted cricket enthusiast than leafing through the yellowing pages of an...