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- Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:06 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Corporal Punishment......
- Replies: 213
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Re: Corporal Punishment......
In my day (overtones of Monty Python) I remember that gym-shoeing and caning were quite normal events but came to be seen as more or less a 'badge of honour'; so we 'bad boys' had an unofficial competition to see who could accumulate the most 'cracks' in the course of a single term. 'Paddy' (name no...
- Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Masters' Nicknames
- Replies: 76
- Views: 21727
Re: Masters' Nicknames
Re nicknames I agree with Osram (Mr Lorimer) and Pegleg (Kit Aitken) Bogey (Fryer) etc. but I don't remember too many more. However, further to correspondence relating to Headmaster CME Seaman I distinctly remember the nickname 'Banzai', apparently referring to his comment to a passing boy: 'No band...
- Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Noseblowing by numbers - how did it work?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8351
Re: Noseblowing by numbers - how did it work?
No, no, no, no! As I recall (LHB, 1965-7), 'nose-blowing by numbers' took place in the morning after breakfast in the day room. The procedure was (with a military intonation): 'Handkerchiefs....out!!!' 'Blow........ noses, ONE! TWO! THREE! etc..' 'Handkerchiefs...away!' But I also wanted to mention ...