The latter were only allowed to use a ‘slipper’ which was a well worn gym shoe and always given on the bottom, but teachers beat us with slippers and canes (or straps according to personal preference) on our bottoms and canes on our hands and bottoms. She was also informed that her victim’s parents were at the back of the hall to see justice carried out. Sex One of the mistresses was holding the HM’s cane, a fearsome device some three feet in length of supple yellow rattan. Afterwards, there was a stunned silence in the hall. The Head Girl, visibly shaken and white faced came forward with the punishment book and the HM entered the details, and handed it back. We were expected to wear dark green knickers throughout our school lives but frequently as we grew older we became more daring in our choice of underwear! The victim, luckily had escaped permanent scarring and her parents had most generously declined to insist that the police were involved providing that the girl who had attacked their daughter was severely thrashed. Quite minor misdeeds, when found out, were punished with corporal punishment. The girl stood there, white faced, between two mistresses and a school chair was brought onto the platform by a prefect.
