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Old 11-04-2007, 23:55   #79
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Re: Banning smacking in public places

Not really smacking , but the worst case of sadistic adult abuse on young people I can remember is when a full class of 14/15 year old boys , innocent and guilty alike, were caned in front of a full school assembly ,
It happened during the first year (62/63 ) after the amalgamation of Gt.Harwood 'top council' with Rishton 'secondary modern' to create the Norden High School , I was in the 3rd year at the time and the incident happened to one of the 4th year classes,
Evidently the incident involved someone throwing an inkwell (one of those white porcelain things ) out of an upper window , which landed and splattered at the feet of the New Headmaster and a group of School inspectors.
This caused an uproar through the school , a full school assembly was called and every boy in the class recieved a caning from the Headmaster , with all the staff standing by and doing nothing , there must have been about 20 lads who got caned , innocent and guilty all included.
I dont remember anything ever being said about it later , and the school carried on as normal , I've allways wondered how all the other teachers felt about it in later years and if the had any regrets about just standing there and doing nothing .
Evidently the girls in the class were dealt with in private (out of site) by the senior female teacher .

I doubt it, but if any of the younger members of Accy web who attend Norden and you have teachers who were about at that time you may want to ask them about it .
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