The Story of Mothers Slipper
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The wooden bath brush became a symbol of discipline in our household
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When I was in my formative years, I got many spankings. One day, I had been particularly bad, so...
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An Instrument of Moral Instruction
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My mother, Agnes, was a schoolmistress in a small village primary school in Scotland in the 1950s, when the...
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If you won’t apologise, you’ll get it all the harder
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My mother, though we lived on a council estate, had grown up in a comfortable middle-class home, a world...
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Routes to Discipline1
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From my desk in the council-run primary school, I could see the estate road outside. I was mad about...
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Mother would make a show of removing her slipper, her eyes never leaving mine
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I was born in a bustling Spanish town, the kind where the scent of fresh bread and the sound...
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When birthdays go wrong
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In the bustling heart of Oakfield Estate, where the air was ever tinged with the comforting aroma of coal...
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Remebering to Mind your Manners
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Once, in the gentle, golden days of my childhood, I journeyed with Mother to visit Cousin Lois in the...
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Your Choices have Consequences
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(gap: 2s) Our home was a world of its own—a modest council flat nestled in the heart of a...







