Who remembers being caned at school?

[nephewtim]

pm me to discuss this.

[shelby46]

At All Saints Juniors kids often got the ruler across the back of the knees by Miss Sails. I got it for messy writing, and being left handed!! She said that being left handed made my writing messy and tried forcing me to use my other hand - til my mum paid her a visit. (the second in 2 weeks as it happens)

I also had chalk and the blackboard rubber thrown at the back of my head. They hit the back of my head because I was turning round talking to my mate behind me. Serves me right on those occasions. You could even get a clip from the local policeman in those days.

Even then, I do believe punishment should be harsher in schools. It didn't really do us any harm, and we have more respect for people and property than a lot of youths today. If parents won't correct their children, and schools are unable to, how will they ever learn that some behaviour is unacceptable?

[JB-Property]

I didn't get the cane being as I was a good boy (or never got caught, can't remember which now) but our lass talks about a maths teacher who used to throw the board rubber in her direction a fair bit. She doesn't grumble too much about it as she passed her maths o level after a year in his class having been told by another teacher she would be lucky to pass a CSE.

[scallyboy]

our p e teacher gave me the black jack, a long peice of thick rubber across both hands and it bloody hurt,deserved it though ,chucked a stone at my mate and cut his head open,silly boy.

[phillbonnell]

we had a competition at school to see who could get the stick most

thats how much it botherd us our form teacher was charlie cooper

any body remember him any spelling mistakes blame him

[okismoki]

I was caned in front of the whole school at assembly, amongst several others, for ditching our homework. Discrimination crept in even in those years (middle 50's) as the girl offenders were given a verbal warning. The school was Owler Lane and the "Caner" was Albert Lupton, an ex Royal Marine PTI. Any forumers remember him??

 

old man lupton.......he was also head at southey green,twice i believe,yeh,i remember him,looked a bit like bruce forsyth before brucie had his hair weave.

[okismoki]

At Marlcliffe in the mid 50's,Pop Reylolds used to cane the boys.The other teachers had various methods of punishment.Ron Harrington[woodwork] had a large slipper,others had half metre rulers.It did me no harm.Bring it back

 

harrigton came to chaucer,he was so paranoid about being poisoned,he wouldn,t drink tea in the staff room,but would bring a flask.

[okismoki]

did craig live on crowder

 

yes,crowder avenue.

[Steptoad]

Myself and two mates got three strokes each of the cane across our backsides whilst we were pupils at Hunters Bar.

 

Our crime? We'd walk a female classmate home right up to her door and her parents objected to us being on their property.

[swblandy]

I remember one time at Jordanthorpe when everyone in the dinner queue, me included , was caned because there was more than ten people in the queue. About 30 of us got caned, but not the first ten. Happy days.