My boarding school was characterised by a spartan lifestyle (little heating, a lot of outdoor exercise, frequent corporal punishment) but had a wonderful camaraderie. This was in another age. Was it abuse? By today's standards, yes, but as L.P. Hartley famously wrote "The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there". I thought my memories were a bit gothic and possibly embellished until I read this in a book about the post WWII spying scandals. This was the prep school where Ian Fleming (of James Bond fame) was a pupil. So not just my school, just how it was...
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My wife was at boarding school , only as a result of her father working abroad . At 16 , her first co - Ed school . Wow boys ! Not too much hardship but a little corporal punishment. Oddly , she thought that was normal .
Some life long friends made and some happy memories for her.
