Countless reasons for getting the cane
Gross misuse of a javelin, wicked
behaviour on public transport and riding a bicycle furiously were some of the
misdeeds that got schoolboys the cane at one South Wales (UK) school in the
1960s.
Here, a retired headmaster is bemused by
some entries in the official punishment book of an unnamed secondary school in
the county of Gwent.
As
published in the South Wales Argus (UK), 12 November 1984
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As ever, lovely pic of bent over boy, but he is not touching the floor; and the teacher is in front of him, gown and jacket on holding the cane in his left hand while his right is blessing him! Whatever is going on?
ReplyDeleteGood position, but fingers touching the floor would have made a tighter target. Nice ginger hair with forelock. But why is his tormentor standing in front of him with his cane in his left hand and blessing him with his right?
ReplyDeleteI always find it interesting when punishment book offences and comments are described as sometimes they can be quite bizarre or imaginative as can some of the apparent offences.
ReplyDeleteI always find it interesting when details of punishment books reveal offences and other comments as, just in this case, they contain somewhat bizarre and imaginative descriptions that are often bemusing as well as confusing.
ReplyDeleteBill again. And he does not look in the least perturbed, whether he has received or is about to receive
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