Comparisons have inevitably been made with the now-defunct Friends Reunited website. That service produced an extraordinary quantity of reminiscence...
Another question raised during the research concerns whether men and women describe school punishment differently. One former teacher reportedly...
Scotland deserves separate treatment. For a considerable period, the school belt or tawse was widely used in many Scottish...
The next regional analysis covered: County DurhamNorthumberlandTyne and Wear Thirty-four schools were examined. Of these: 28 produced reports of...
One striking feature of the North-East material is the variety of implements remembered by former pupils. Apart from canes,...
One particularly useful piece of contemporary evidence concerns Linskill High School in North Shields. The Newcastle Evening Chronicle reported...
An even more intriguing North-East episode concerns the disturbances at Heaton Comprehensive School in Newcastle in January 1976. They...
Some former pupils remember both issues being involved. Kay recalled that the demand for equal uniform rights became entangled...
Contemporary press reports generally emphasised the disciplinary question. Some referred initially to the cane. Others referred specifically to the...
The Facebook discussions are nevertheless valuable because they contain testimony from people who say they were actually present. Several...
There are, however, recollections suggesting that girls at Heaton received corporal punishment on other occasions. One woman who attended...
An interesting sidelight concerns Headmaster Harry Askew himself. Askew had previously been a notable athlete and represented Great Britain...