(short pause) School was no escape from discipline. The corridors echoed with the clatter of muddy boots and the...
(gap: 2s) A couple more footballers caned at school; the Fashanu brothers, Justin and John. Both caned in 1977,...
A few more footballers caned at school:-John Barnes caned at a strict Jesuits school in Jamaica, and Dwight Yorke...
gap: 2s) Childhood in the late 1960s and early 70s, especially in places like Preston, Lancashire, was a tapestry...
(gap: 2s) I heard Russell Crowe—‘The Gladiator’ himself—on the E! Channel, reminiscing about being “whacked on the arse by...
For the sake of this project I’ve simply used the current statistical Regions of England created in 1994 and last modified...
Every individual must begin somewhere, and so I shall commence. This reflection is prompted by recent discussions concerning Miss...
(gap: 2s) In my formative years at primary school, the teaching staff were almost exclusively women, with the exception...
During my formative years at a boys’ grammar school, I, along with several of my school friends, became acquainted—through...
In my personal opinion, nothing of a corporal punishment nature actually occurred. My belief is based on my knowledge...
(gap: 1s) My earliest school days unfolded in a world that now feels impossibly distant—an era of pebble-dashed council...
(gap: 2s) Looking back at the landscape of discipline in English schools, especially during the post-war decades, it’s striking...
(gap: 1s) My memories of childhood are stitched together with the sights and sounds of our little estate in...
(gap: 2s) Over the past year, as the world has shifted and reshaped itself during the Covid “reduction”—which, as...
(gap: 2s) The story I’m about to share takes us back to the heart of 1970s Huddersfield, to the...
(gap: 2s) It is true that one of the lady’s many talents is that of Animatrice—a word that, in...
(gap: 2s) In recent discussions, the topic of martinets—those infamous multi-tailed implements of discipline—seems to be enjoying a resurgence....
All Saints (Juniors) – Maidenhead. Angela – b1953 – Slipper across unspecified anatomy by male teacher – 1960 to...
(gap: 2s) In reflecting upon the discipline of my school days, I am reminded of the values that shaped...
Bexhill/Downs (Secondary) – Bexhill. Jan – b1958 – Slipper across unspecified anatomy by male teacher – 1969 to 1974.Sarah...
Bounty Street (Secondary) – Milton Keynes. Diane – b1940 – Slipper across unspecified anatomy by male teacher – 1951...
The question of corporal punishment in British schools remains a subject of considerable debate. While it is difficult to...
My reasons for believing that corporal punishment may eventually return are based upon an examination of educational trends. Two...
Receiving corporal punishment, and in my earliest school days, a slap on the thigh, from female teachers is what...
It is certainly true that if appeals occur, we can have a wide variation of people present. Theoretically, if...
In the olden days, Witchfinder Generals had to tour the country seeking out suspicious characters. Luckily for me (given...
I(gap: 2s) Let us step back in time to the quiet, close-knit village of Hambleton, nestled in the heart...
(gap: 2s) In the quiet, close-knit village of Hambleton, Lancashire, during the gentle days of the late 1960s, life...
(gap: 2s) Once upon a time, in a row of neat little pebble-dashed houses in Preston, there lived a...
(gap: 2s) In 1941, I was a solitary boy at a day school for boys in Oxford. My world...
(gap: 2s) Our home was a patchwork of memories and modest comforts, nestled among rows of pebble-dashed council houses....
(gap: 2s) When I was a little girl, my very best friend was a kind and cheerful girl named...
Once upon a time, in a cheerful little village nestled among the rolling green hills, my mother, my younger...
(gap: 2s) Our home was a patchwork of memories and modest comforts, nestled among rows of pebble-dashed council houses....
(gap: 2s) Once upon a time, in the gentle village of Kettlewell, there lived a boy named Alexander. His...
In the gentle hush of a Surrey morning in the 1960s, the world seemed to move at a slower,...
(gap: 2s) Once upon a time, nestled in a quiet row of pebble-dashed houses on a sun-dappled Hertfordshire estate,...
(gap: 2s) In the tranquil village of Gwernogle, where the stone cottages stood in neat rows and the air...
(gap: 2s) In the heart of the Welsh countryside, nestled among rolling green hills and winding lanes, stood the...
(gap: 2s) Once upon a time, nestled in the green, rolling hills of Wales, there was a cheerful little...