I attended a boys’ grammar school in the North of England in the 1960s. Corporal punishment was widely used. Most of the teachers used the slipper, while the headmaster and deputy head used the cane. The majority of teachers were male and although we had more women teachers later, at the time in question when […]

I have read the doubts expressed on this forum (and others) concerning the slippering of secondary school girls and again confirm that it was not uncommon, as befitted the disciplinary environment of my time at school (1960’s).     In my own case I received corporal punishment only once and that was as a girl […]

I was having a talk with a few mates last night & the subject of C.P came up. One of the points was where the cane or slipper was kept when not in use. At my school, the deputy head had an umbrella stand in which he kept about 6 canes of different sizes. When […]

All of my school life, I was an enthusiastic and bright student. I loved and respected my teachers, and felt respected and cared for by them as well. I was never a discipline problem at school and could hardly imagine having to be punished by a teacher. However, one day, that all changed. Junior high […]

In my formative years in the 1960s I was sent to boarding school in the South of England. I was assigned to my class and introduced to one of the upper sixth prefects who took us all, twenty girls, for a tour of the school. We were told that as today was our first day […]

Because of not being a head girl or deputy head girl I could not change in our own office and everybody would see the six lines across my bottom and the bruising left by the two slipperings. Julie tried to cheer me up saying just to laugh off the comments. As we both dressed ready […]

My first and second spankings were both given to me by my mother – about 15 minutes apart. It was morning, and we were in the kitchen. I was sitting at the table in just my T-shirt and underpants. Mother wanted me to eat my oatmeal and I refused. Finally, she sat down next to […]