Memories: An ‘Old Boy’ recalls his birchings
This acount of of the
‘method and manner’ of birchings he received at school was published in
newspapers across the world in 1889.
‘I for one respect the
birch with respect that borders on affection,’ the writer tells us. Make of
that what you will.
As
republished in The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand), 4 Apr 1889
Picture credit: C of Sweden
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'I for one respect the birch with respect that borders on affection' is indeed a perhaps unexpected comment but then I suspect many former recipients of cp at school may perhaps have similar nostalgic reflections that were not apparent at the time but have developed subsequently. I am probably in that group too.
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