At Tweedmouth Modern School in Berwick, former pupils recalled the formidable reputation of Miss Buglass, remembered both for the...
Michael Padden recalled an incident in which he and a friend were discovered behaving mischievously while waiting to go...
At one school, Mrs Shervington was remembered for administering punishment with considerable severity. Former pupils recalled that a summons...
At Rainford High School in St Helens, one former pupil remembered frequent reprimands from Mrs Harris, a teacher recognised...
At Ickneild High School in Luton, several former pupils remembered the severity of particular members of staff. One recalled...
At Ockbrook School in Derbyshire, one former pupil, Meilee Marts, recalled receiving corporal punishment from a teacher known as...
At Marr College in Troon, one former pupil remembered being punished by an English teacher, Miss Beaton, and returning...
At Ickneild High School in Luton, several former pupils recalled stern discipline from members of staff including Mrs McCarol,...
At Joseph Whitaker School in Mansfield, one former pupil remembered an occasion when an entire class was caned after...
At a girls’ school in Pontypool, one former pupil remembered frequent visits to a teacher’s office and particularly recalled...
Across Britain, former pupils have recalled their experiences of discipline in schools during the post-war decades, describing a period...
Former pupils from schools across Britain have reflected upon the disciplinary practices that were commonplace during their school years,...
Accounts from former pupils across Britain provide a revealing picture of school life during past decades, when corporal punishment...
Accounts from former pupils across Britain reveal the extent to which corporal punishment formed part of everyday school life...
The following accounts, drawn from recollections of former pupils across Britain, illustrate the strict disciplinary atmosphere that prevailed in...
The following accounts, drawn from former pupils’ recollections of schools across England and Wales, illustrate the strict disciplinary atmosphere...
Accounts from former pupils at a number of British schools recall the widespread use of corporal punishment during the...
In schools across Britain during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, corporal punishment remained a firmly established part of school...
In many British schools during the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, corporal punishment formed an accepted part of school...
I was greatly shocked the first time I received corporal punishment at grammar school, for I had not expected...
Accounts of corporal punishment in schools during the post-war decades frequently illustrated the extent to which discipline was regarded...
I have endeavoured to imagine myself, at the age of fourteen, in the circumstances you describe so vividly. I...
The three-day period during which examination results were returned must have been an exceedingly anxious time for the boys...
The use of the slipper as a form of school punishment has often been described as comparatively mild, scarcely...