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@condor Us girls would often bare marks from...

@Kathryn05 during the long holidays, children...

It sounds like a most productive summer

@Oldmanjimbo you sound like one of my teachers....

@MartinII: I think a spanning enables all...

@MartinII: I think there is an enormous advantage...

With a large family it's vital for their to be a...

We never got the switch at school. That must have...

@MartinII: I don't think women did use it more...

@SoreBum: that was more common at my school too

How often was it used at primary school?

We might have got 3 or 4 the first time but not if...

You're lucky to have got such a lenient punishment

What happened the other times?

Were you punished repeatedly for having too short...

@jackcros that sounds very similar to the...

@oldmanjimbo it was a quick punishment but a...

It did sting. I think a smack on the thighs hurts...

Ejtoo, corporal punishment is now illegal in...

It was very much the norm when I was growing up....