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!