Running in the Corridor
When we were in 6th form a friend and I were chasing her brother along a corridor and got stopped by a teacher. We were taken to his classroom where we all had to bend over for six with the slipper.
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RhondasMum · 61-69, F
smacked30D · 70-79, M
@RhondasMum I can well remember getting a couple of dozen whacks of my father's slipper bent across his knee !! My trousers and pants having been dispensed with !
miscreant6x6 · 61-69, M
@RhondasMum Very succinct and very true.
Colin713 · 70-79, M
I was at a school reunion and as the school orchestra played light airs from Gilbert and Sullivan and sausage rolls were carried round by the sixth year pupils, and the head was there being cheerful , an elderly lady approached him . She presented him with the tawse which her grandfather had stolen when a boy in the first half of the last century. The head swished it around and there was much fruity heh heh ing as grey haired former pupils made knowing chuckles. All very stirring!
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
StrictOldManUK · 70-79, M
StrictOldManUK · 70-79, M
@Sharon I know many will disagree but I can only go on my own experience and comparison between then and now.
Colin713 · 70-79, M
In Scotland the usual instrument of scholarly encouragement was a piece of leather made from the skin of an extremely tough cow. Normally applied to the hands with the whole class watching in avid silence. Gym
teachers were the most enthusiastic and sometimes used the slipper. One of the perks of the job maybe !
Amazing to imagine that was still part of normal life thirty years ago.
teachers were the most enthusiastic and sometimes used the slipper. One of the perks of the job maybe !
Amazing to imagine that was still part of normal life thirty years ago.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
smacked30D · 70-79, M
@samueltyler2 My father's slipper certainly worked on me !!
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StrictOldManUK · 70-79, M
@Lynda70 How splendid, I have never been a fan of those 'big' regulation ones.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
In the sixth?
Where I come from (south of England) I can't remember anyone receiving corporal punishment after about 1965 when I was in primary school and even then I think it was only in primary that it happened.
What part of the country were you in?
When I was in the sixth form we got much worse punishments; the headmistress would give us a good talking to. She had a very sharp tongue but was scrupulously observant and fair which only made it worse somehow because you knew you deserved it.
Where I come from (south of England) I can't remember anyone receiving corporal punishment after about 1965 when I was in primary school and even then I think it was only in primary that it happened.
What part of the country were you in?
When I was in the sixth form we got much worse punishments; the headmistress would give us a good talking to. She had a very sharp tongue but was scrupulously observant and fair which only made it worse somehow because you knew you deserved it.
TheThinker · 61-69, M
@Lynda70 I can vouch for that. I went to a boys' grammar school in West Essex where the cane was very rarely used - the "nuclear option", if you will. (Apparently the previous Head had been very cane-happy but he retired two years before I got there in 1976.)
However I found out a few years later that our sister girls' grammar a couple of miles away had been very cane-happy right up to abolition.
Likewise, an acquaintance of mine who lived just over the county border, in Hertfordshire, went to a boys' grammar that was also fond of the cane.
It varied a lot.
However I found out a few years later that our sister girls' grammar a couple of miles away had been very cane-happy right up to abolition.
Likewise, an acquaintance of mine who lived just over the county border, in Hertfordshire, went to a boys' grammar that was also fond of the cane.
It varied a lot.
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helensusanswift · 31-35, F
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
In 6th form? How old are you? I was in the sixth in 1972-1974 in southern England and neither the chasing nor the slipper were a feature of my life. We were expected to set an example of good behaviour for the 4th and 5th formers.
We would have been reported to the deputy head and she would have made our lives considerably more miserable than corporal punishment would have by expressing her disapproval.
We would have been reported to the deputy head and she would have made our lives considerably more miserable than corporal punishment would have by expressing her disapproval.
Colin713 · 70-79, M
Queuing up to get whacked was never nice. If you were first it sort of passed in a blur. But further down the queue it felt worse and worse. Did you have to wait outside or were you all there watching the executions?
CPChris · 70-79, M
Was your friend's brother watching as the two of you got the slipper? Was it done over your skirts? How did you all have to bend over for it? Was that the only time you got the slipper at school?
smacked30D · 70-79, M
Well you deserved it , maybe not 6 strokes but certainly 3 !! At that age you should have known better, serves you right !
smacked30D · 70-79, M
@Lynda70 Was it given on your skirt or was that lifted out of the way ?
Colin713 · 70-79, M
Being in sixth form must have been an added burden. No longer a bouncy pupil more of a you g woman. A bit old for bending over. I don’t think i remember any CP after about fifteen or so. Except one time a boy in sixth got really leathered hard by the head.
Entwistle · 56-60, M
Our headmaster used to grope our arses before applying the cane. He was checking that we didn't have a textbook down the back of our trousers. If we did then he would cane the very top of our legs just below the arse.