I was caned for violent bullying I can remember some of the things said like it happened yesterday and not over thirty five years ago, others are blurry and I can not remember exactly how something was said just that is was, for instance I know I was told I had to accept I had […]
I wonder if there was also a view on the part of the person inflicting the punishment that by moving, standing up or whatever, the severity of the punishment had somehow been reduced, and the extra stokes were to compensate for this. I’ll have to pass on that one in favour of those who’ve been […]
My how you English boys and girls were spoiled for choice, obviously your teachers were far too soft with you! Would you prefer the slipper or the cane, young man? Hands or bottom? Now or later? Hard or soft? Please tell me if it’s too sore and I’ll do it more gently, or I’ll stop […]
The maximum number of strokes of the cane a school pupil could receive was six strokes. In my school day it was known as ‘six of the best’. I was wondering how many of you actually received the full six and how it was given (all on the bottom, all six on one hand, three […]
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not an expert in human physiology. Probably someone from a university sports science department would be able to give a much more detailed explanation of the physiological processes involved during corporal punishment. But I am a mathematician, and I know something about the mechanics of moving bodies, so I’ll describe […]
I’m not an expert in human physiology. Probably someone from a university sports science department would be able to give a much more detailed explanation of the physiological processes involved during corporal punishment. But I am a mathematician, and I know something about the mechanics of moving bodies, so I’ll describe what happens with a […]
My thoughts on the issue of girls receiving corporal punishment in state schools, prior to abolition, always leaned towards an opinion that it hardly ever happened, if indeed, at all. I’m sure you can all appreciate my feelings when I tell yout that at every school I attended, from junior to secondary, girls were never […]
Dunce caps were a part of school disciplinary policies up until 50 years ago in the USA. It’s left a lasting impression. The school spanking sounds like a fetishists but one never knows? The wide range of opinions from a century ago is something that shows a lack of consensus to the role gender and […]
THE VICTORIAN façade of my old primary school greatly impresses Clara, whose taste in architecture tends towards the turreted. “It’s very grand, Mum,” she says. “Like Malory Towers. Did you have tuck and play lacrosse?” “Not exactly,” I tell her. “We had sherbet dabs and toffee like they do in Enid Blyton, but we didn’t […]
The majority of parents support the need for the cane as a punishment in senior schools. This was the clear feeling at a “talk about” at King Ethelbert School, Birchington on Thursday. The cane is used at the school in few extreme cases. Headmaster Mr George Teasdale said after the meeting, which was attended by […]
Dormitory Whipping Mother’s Summons Dismissed By a majority verdict, Ealing (London) magistrates yesterday dismissed a summons against a headmaster who was accused of brutality in the caning of a nine- year-old boy. The headmaster is Mr. S. de Moyse Bucknall, principal of Harrow View House Preparatory School, Ealing, and he was summoned by Mrs. Mona […]
. Leakage of secrets. Mr. Persse seeks injunction. Drink to tempt apprentices. CASE. – Persse v. Prebble and Whiffen. COURT. – Chancery Division JUDGE. – Mr. Justice Luxmoore. COUNSEL. – For Plaintiff: Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C., and Mr. Henry Johnston. For Defendant Whiffen: Mr. Rayner Goddard. K.C. and Mr. Wilfrid Hunt. SOLICITORS. – For Plaintiff: William Easton and Sons. For […]
All schools have a school secretary, usually female, and sometimes rather attractive. At my school which happened to be a large comprehensive in London , the secretaries office was adjacent to the headmasters. Now I attended the school in the late sixties, when caning and slippering was the norm. For a senior boy as myself […]
Has anyone any experience of this once popular but underestimated punishment ? From my experience the sting to the legs is “sharper” but more short lived. The optimum places to smack being the backs of the legs just above the knee and just below the bottom – would anyone agree ? —————————- Saw the just-above-the-knee […]
Did the deterrent value of corporal punishment wear off after you had been caned a couple of times? I was a nice boy who was never whacked and couldn’t really imagine what it was like. I wonder if I’d been given a couple of strokes early on, I would have said “Well, that hurt, but […]
In the Book “The Best type of girl-a history of independent schools” by Gillian Avery 1991 Andre Deutsch describes the flogging of girls by birch at Cowan Bridge(aka Casterton School)where Charlotte Bronte’s sister was” birched “as well as younger girls. Also, a school called Greycoat Charity hospital where girls, as well as boys, were “constantly […]
First, let me say I have never been spanked and I still feel embarrassed that I enjoy this subject. I am not sure when my interest started but I remember seeing my friend get spanked by our teacher in junior school, must have been about 10. The thing that struck me was how embarrassed she […]
My interests here derive from realism and two distinct school years in my schooling. We had one school year when an overwhelming percentage of the total school paddlings (including mine) occurred. Lot of reasons for that. But, the other year that was memorable was what you reference here. At an earlier age, […]
Did David Butler talk in class? And if he did, should he be caned for it? In 1960 David Butler’s story hit the news cycle. Many opinions on the matter were raised. The debate – to cane or not to cane? – was thrashed out in print, with opinions from not least of all 14-year-old […]
Prior to 1940, most offences were treated with the same punishment. That was six strokes of the cane on the bottom. It seems that once a boy was in senior school any offence was six strokes. The idea being to make the caning hurt as much as possible. A boy would get one stroke and […]
Has anyone ever met up with an old school teacher who spanked them during the school days ? If so, did you discuss things with them or were you too embarrassed ? ————————— I met the Headmaster of my prep school at the school’s fete with my younger brother (who is 2 years younger and […]
Who remembers school in the 80s? Our school still had corporal punishment when I started in 1983. The headmaster would give children the slipper in his office. —————————————- Some schools retained corporal punishment until it was finally banned in UK state schools in 1987. It was used less frequently compared to the 1950s/60s when I […]
The paddling of two City View High School students is raising questions about the practice of corporal punishment in schools. The mother of one of the students is furious over the reason her daughter was spanked and is concerned over who doled out the punishment.Charlotte Beaver said her 17-year-old daughter was spanked by City View […]
I came across The Sternian 1999, the old school magazine of Lord Wandsworth College and hidden in its pages is a brief mention of a girl being caned. It can be found on page 81 and is part of a reminiscence from a girl called Joyce Aston (nee Cox). She wrote “In the whole of Matron Hubble’s strict regime […]
I wonder if this was common practice. When you were about to be punished, in anticipation of the agony of caning on the bottom, did anyone bite into something like a piece of leather strap or similar? Or were you offered? I’m only guessing with the pain that was about to be administered, it would […]
Were any girls given more than 6 strokes of the cane/slipper?and what about using the slipper and cane as the same punishment?and in the case of male teachers, did some girls have their bum felt up between strokes etc? —————————— You will note that the lady’s own account (allegedly) lacks some detail. However feel free […]
I am fortunate to have enduring “friendships” with two “never too old” ladies who have a passion for realistic school CP. One is 75 and the other is 72.But age doesn’t come into it. What really counts is personality and a mutual interest – dedication even – to this thing we do. A mental chemistry […]
A quick question. Did any of your teachers or masters ‘run up’ from a short distance to add more force to the strokes of the cane?Does it actually hurt much more overall, I’m guessing it would matter how padded the backside would be also.When I had a caning, I could only wear thin trousers. I […]
Who did not manage to keep a stiff upper lip when punished —————————— I was genuinely scared when I knew I was to receive a caning or a slippering. I have seen boys waiting outside the headmaster’s study facing a caning looking frightened but trying to put a brave face on it. I remember once […]
I remember our school had a rule that if you could only be caned twice per school term, one before half term holiday and one after.If you had been caned it would be a suspension so the maximum number of times you could be caned would be 6 per school year.Just wondering if any other […]
I am referring here to proper rattan canings, boys only, on the buttocks and laid on hard. “Prime” can mean: I have long been puzzled by the apparent youth of those who have reported being punished in the Corporal Punishment Survey thread and elsewhere in this forum. In NZ most boys were not exposed to […]
I attended a private school and Grammar School in Cornwall during the 1960s. Both schools were known as Caning Schools because of the extensive use of corporal punishment, especially my private school. Caning was administered by the Headmaster in his study, and trousers had to be taken down before bending over and touching toes. Since […]
I attended a private school and Grammar School in Cornwall during the 1960s. Both schools were known as Caning Schools because of the extensive use of corporal punishment, especially my private school. Caning was administered by the Headmaster in his study, and trousers had to be taken down before bending over and touching toes. Since […]
I remembered an occasion when a classmate used the expression “He can’t aim”. I imagine he was talking about a visit to the Headmaster, though I don’t recall him being in distress, so the visit might have been some days earlier (the incident took place in 1964, I think). It’s strange, because our Head had […]
An interesting question. Was it common for a cane to break whilst being used in the punishment and then being quickly replaced? I remember seeing this in old Beano’s where there were ‘broken canes’ piling up! Obviously a little exaggerated. There was a Lord Snooty story that showed this once, for example. ‘The Leaving of […]
I have alluded to the fact that this was common in the Christian Brother’s school I sttended during the sixties. I was wondering what other members experininces were. ———————— At my all boys grammar there was a fine distinction between bad work which was the result of inability and bad work which was due to […]
I recently initiated some discussion of school detention and this is in a similar vein. I read somewhere else someone recalled being sent out of class for misbehaving and that triggered a lot of memories, mainly in my junior school years. There was a sort of sliding scale of responses if you were too chatty […]
Has anyone had stories of either yourself or someone being punished on a school trip for misbehaving, especially those which involve overnight stays? My experience relates back to the early 1980s and a school trip to London. It was when I was in the fifth form and about thirty of us went on a mid-week […]
If you could go back in time and experience CP at your old school, would you take the magic genie up on the offer? Definitely. If I knew then what I know now my fear of being caned and slippered would have been outweighed by memories later in life of having my backside beaten. ————————— […]
I apologise in advance to those who think this is off-topic but although there was/is a separate group for discussing detentions, it never really seemed to go anywhere and had few members. I write spanking fiction, often in a school setting, and go to a lot of trouble to try to be as authentic as […]