Cane ‘a thing of the past’ in 1929
Although caning in state schools was
outlawed in the UK in 1987, the debate on its use raged on for decades before.
In this newspaper report from 1929, the chairman of a local education committee
and others consider the merits of the stick, with one saying it was ‘a thing of
the past.’
As
published in the Evening Advertiser (Swindon), 13 September 1929
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Somewhat unexpected that one of the contributors in 1929 expresses surprise that pupils were caned for non-attendance as it was my experience that this was very much the practise for truancy when I attended school in the Sixties.
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