I Got Caned At School

Funny to think that the young ladies pictured are now mature grandmothers in their 60s, probably complaining about the clothes their granddaughters are wearing and telling them that they should get the cane as they did in their day!

Absolutely! How time flies! @jackcros:

@jennypenny That was one rule I never had to worry about!

@1olderguy20: allegedly. I've always thought there may have been an element of exaggeration

Now had chance to try looking this up. The image appeared on the rear cover of a book entitled "The Corporal Punishment of Schoolgirls" by Margaret Stone, a factual, statistical survey of the subject. My information above came from the cover notes to the same book (which I no longer own). I can't find those notes on any of the google entries for the book, so we're relying on my less than able memory for the content. One of the google links however connects to a series of news stories for the time, suggesting that this incident was part of a much wider movement, which was certainly not mentioned in the Stone cover notes. So don't take my post as gospel.

@JosieM: thanks for the follow up

@Carla1951: I recall that in my school days in the early 60s. We boys at catholic boys' school thought it was marvellous, we even had a saying "Convent girls is randy." Juvenile male fantasising of course 😇

1972 a pupil power demo @1olderguy20:

We're you ever caned? I hear it's terrible

Yes it is. There are worse things though. @1olderguy20:

@skimpyboy I attended regularly and offended frequently. ;)

@Sharon i had a few walks to the lady heads office during my first year for uniform issues

@skimpyboy A lot of minor uniform issues were dealt with by the teacher individual teachers who saw them. Usually that meant a slippering in class.

No, Sir, I grew up in Southern Africa. Even in winter, it was warm, and the uniform didn't change. We wouldn't have dared roll up our skirts even if we could, though - someone would certainly have reported us. They did for other things.