I Got The Slipper At School

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Getting the slipper at junior school was quite a common occurrence as the teachers just after the war were no nonsense people who didn't tolerate poor behaviour. Hence there is usually some kids are got the slipper for misbehaving at break or lunch time. I remember being whacked along with another girl and three boys for playing out of bounds. I always thought it unfair on such occasions that the boys were slippered on the back of their shorts while the girls had their skirts flipped up so we got it on our knickers. But in those days it was no good complaining. My mum just said that if I hadn't misbehaved I wouldn't have been slippered in the first place!

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Rebecca54 · 70-79, F

I was slippered more in the early years of senior school and our skirts were always flipped up as well. Just before I left we were allowed to wear trousers so my final few slipperings as a senior girl were across my trousered behind but I don't think it made much difference to the sting.

Lynda70 · F

@Rebecca54 It was the same for me. We were allowed trousers in 6th form so got slippered through them just like the boys. In other years it was always skirts up. I got most of my school slipperings in the first 3 or 4 years of secondary school too.

MartinII · 70-79, M

With the exception of gym lessons, the slipper wasn't used at my junior school. Official punishments were either detentions or, for serious or persistent misbehaviour, the cane.

One day, aged about 10, I was caught out of bounds during the lunch break. The mistress who caught me gave me a severe dressing down and an hour's detention. Two or three whacks with a slipper would have been more effective, and well-deserved.

Sharon · F

The slipper wasn't all that common at my junior school. It was hardly used at all in the first couple of years and only a few times a week in the final years.

It was much more common in secondary school, a daily event in most classes. We had to lift our skirts to have the cane or slipper too, even in 6th form although we were allowed to wear trousers in 6th and were slippered or caned through them.

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