The Caning of the School Dinner Ladies

Product Information

Caning in British state schools in the later 20th century was often, in theory at least, administered by the head teacher only. Canings for primary school age pupils at state schools in this period could be extremely rare; one study found that over an eight-year timespan, one head teacher had only caned two boys in total, but made more frequent use of slippering, while another had caned no pupils at all. [39]

Finally, he'd told her that she must limit any punishment to no more than six strokes, although this could be extended by a maximum of three 'extras' if the victim interrupted the punishment by putting her hands in the way or standing up. The Education Outlook. London: S. Birch. 59: 31–32. 1906. OCLC 291230258. {{ cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help) Ghandhi, Sandy (1984). "Spare the Rod: Corporal Punishment in Schools and the European Convention on Human Rights". The International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 33 (2): 488–494. doi: 10.1093/iclqaj/33.2.488. JSTOR 759074.

I have found this news paper account, I hope you can read it! …it is the start of our story…we answer it, and send our two very naughty unruly girls to her. Morrell, Robert (2001). From Boys to Gentlemen: Settler masculinity in Colonial Natal, 1880-1920. Pretoria: Unisa Press. p.65. ISBN 978-1-86888-151-2. a b Buie, Elizabeth (8 July 1999). "Education Bill welcomed but Tories will fight return of opted-out school to the fold". The Herald. Glasgow. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012 . Retrieved 18 May 2011. Caning was a common form of judicial punishment and official school discipline in many parts of the world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Corporal punishment (with a cane or any other implement) has now been outlawed in much, but not all, of Europe. [2] However, caning remains legal in numerous other countries in home, school, religious, judicial or military contexts, and is also in common use [3] in some countries where it is no longer legal.

Corporal punishment at children's homes was less severe. The Administration of Children's Homes Regulations 1951 (S.O. No 1217) provided that children under 10 should be punished only on their hands either by the headmaster or in his presence and direction. Something I read made me think this was it. But, now, after a few letters to the right people, I do not think that is the house we are looking for. But it gives you a good impression of the well to do area. Corporal punishment at an English girls' reformatory, 1923". World Corporal Punishment Research. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019 . Retrieved 17 November 2019. So, this one is definitely on the same street, very close to where the real one was, and quite likely looks pretty much the same. Mrs Walters and her girls would have walked by here daily, the scene is set, you can now visualise the area. Most ordinary canings with a typical light rattan (used at home or at school for punishing students), although painful at the time, leave only reddish welts or bruises lasting a few days. Charles Chenevix Trench was caned as a boy at Winchester College in the early 1930s and later said that "it was, of course, disagreeable, but left no permanent scars on my personality or my person". [58]

My wife and I feel quite ashamed to admit that our two eldest daughters, Charlotte and Samantha, twins, but not identical, have become unruly, rude, haughty and quite simply out of control. In two years or so we want them to enter society as young ladies.