There was a time when corporal punishment occupied a very different place in everyday life. To modern eyes, it...
Perhaps the most striking feature of these recollections is how differently people remember exactly the same era. Some admitted...
Experiences varied enormously depending upon the school, the decade, and perhaps most importantly, the individual teacher. Several former pupils...
By the end of the autumn term, Highdon felt very different to the frightened place Andrew Collins had first...
By the beginning of November, a cold mist settled over the Sussex countryside each morning, wrapping Highdon School in...
The last week of October brought with it crisp mornings, drifting leaves and the unmistakable feeling that winter was...
Monday morning arrived beneath low grey clouds that drifted across the Sussex hills. The great bell rang promptly at...
By Sunday afternoon, the discovery beneath the old cedar tree had become the greatest secret in Ash House. David,...
It was the autumn term of 1952 when St Anne’s County Grammar School once again opened its imposing black...
There was a time in small-town America when the school bell did more than mark the beginning and end...
During my years at Maidstone Grammar School (MGS), corporal punishment was certainly part of school life, but despite its...
Although it is impossible to draw broad conclusions from a single personal account, many former pupils who experienced school...