Guide to canings at school pains MP
We have already met Eric Huntingdon, the man who sold canes from his small shop in Bognor Regis, Sussex. In 1968 he made national news in Britain when a Member of Parliament questioned the Minister of Education in Parliament about his activities. The full leaflet mentioned is here.
A
guide on canings at
school
pains an MP
They are in a sales leaflet written by Mr. Eric
Huntingdon and his wife Margaret, who sell flexible North Borneo canes from
their shop at Snook’s Corner, Bognor Regis, Sussex.
The canes are in three sizes according to the age of
the child to be whacked and the Huntingdons estimate they have sold 4,000 to
headmasters and parents.
The leaflet – which has been sent to Mr. Short by Mr.
Gwilym Roberts, Labour MP for South Bedfordshire – includes these hints on caning:
Bare
“We do not advocate the use of the cane on bare flesh.
Pants afford the modesty a child is entitled to.
“There could be two canes, one on show and the other
locked away in case the child damages or destroys the cane on view. We suggest
that six of the best would be sufficient in the majority of cases.”
Mr. Roberts said yesterday [24 October 1968]: “There
are obvious dangers if advice comes from leaflets of this type.
“I am tabling a Commons question to Mr.
Short, asking for official guidance on the use of corporal punishment in schools.”
Temper
Mr. Huntingdon, 40, father of two small boys, said: “If
a parent loses his temper, then the first weapon to hand is likely to be used –
anything from a riding crop to a stair rod.
“It is better if a parent has a cane, and there is
then no likelihood of a child being harmed.”
As published in the Daily Mirror, 25 October 1968.
Picture credit: The Sun, via Corpun
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