Having the stick/dap in school

[Enoch Mort]

Re: Having the stick/dap in school

Moodybluebird, I actually left school in 1972 after A levels. Attended Whitchurch Grammar which turned comprehensive in my 4th year there. As I wrote much earlier in this thread, the cane was used very sparingly as most of my peers wanted a good education with a sound job to follow. We were basically there to learn and well behaved. I was out of my depth somewhat in the top set and had to concentrate all the time when up against my classmates who were generally brighter than me!

Corporal punishment may have been used more in the growing number of lower sets and the increased quantity of classes each year upon becoming comprehensive - I don’t know.

I left Whitchurch High (formerly Grammar) School two years before you and my recollection is similar to yours in that corporal punishment was infrequent. If I remember correctly it was administered only by the Headmaster (I don’t recall any girls getting the cane) and he was always very mild mannered.

[life on mars]

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Well you did say that you came over them, you’d have got in terrible trouble for wanking over a nun in Lady Mary and rightly so in my opinion

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Great name for a punk band ( wanking over a nun )

[Moodybluebird]

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I left Whitchurch High (formerly Grammar) School two years before you and my recollection is similar to yours in that corporal punishment was infrequent. If I remember correctly it was administered only by the Headmaster (I don’t recall any girls getting the cane) and he was always very mild mannered.

I would be surprised if less than 40% of the boys in my year at Llanrumney HS had the stick at some time or other. When you have say 90% of my form all receiving the cane for not getting a minimum of 17 out of 20 for a geography test, you can see I'm not exaggerating !

[life on mars]

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I would be surprised if less than 40% of the boys in my year at Llanrumney HS had the stick at some time or other. When you have say 90% of my form all receiving the cane for not getting a minimum of 17 out of 20 for a geography test, you can see I'm not exaggerating !

Bless our old school Llanrumney High, a haven of memories.

[MOZZER2]

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a haven of memories involves snow ball fights with you lot and the st illtyds green bottles !

rumney high we are here woah ..................

[life on mars]

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a haven of memories involves snow ball fights with you lot and the st illtyds green bottles !

rumney high we are here woah ..................

We used to have fun with the St Iltyds bus and snow balls , as it decended the hill towards our lovely Llanrumney HS ,can see their faces now , they always looked smarter than us 😆

[Moodybluebird]

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Bless our old school Llanrumney High, a haven of memories.

I have such vivid memories of Llanrumney HS and my junior school Glan yr Afon but I can honestly say I didn't enjoy my schooldays much at all. I have far more of a thirst for knowledge now than I ever did in school.

[MOZZER2]

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we only had a 3 metre fence to separate us from the green bottles but with the llanrumney high lot we took far more encompassing approach . we had maccas on our side

anyone looks smarter than the green bottles even today -lol

[life on mars]

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I have such vivid memories of Llanrumney HS and my junior school Glan yr Afon but I can honestly say I didn't enjoy my schooldays much at all. I have far more of a thirst for knowledge now than I ever did in school.

My feelings exactly, in fact my abilities and progression greatly improved after leaving school.

I was a Pen Y Bryn junior.

[Moodybluebird]

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My feelings exactly, in fact my abilities and progression greatly improved after leaving school.

I was a Pen Y Bryn junior.

When I moved from Adamsdown to Llanrumney at the age of 7, I tried to get into Pen y bryn as it was nearer where I lived in Sedgemoor Road but at that time they were only accepting new pupils who lived in houses with odd numbers ! Strange but true.

[jimmyscoular]

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We used to have fun with the St Iltyds bus and snow balls , as it decended the hill towards our lovely Llanrumney HS ,can see their faces now , they always looked smarter than us 😆

What was the St. Illtyd's bus? I lived in Llanrumney, about halfway up the estate, and walked to St. Illtyd's up Mount Pleasant Avenue every day. Never heard of a bus.

[Stanmore Bluebird]

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Much earlier in this thread was the story of the girl who got all her male classmates caned for writing comments about a female teacher on the blackboard for which the boys got the blame.

What punishment did she receive when found out?

[poc]

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Great name for a punk band ( wanking over a nun )

[jeepster]

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When I moved from Adamsdown to Llanrumney at the age of 7, I tried to get into Pen y bryn as it was nearer where I lived in Sedgemoor Road but at that time they were only accepting new pupils who lived in houses with odd numbers ! Strange but true.

My Brother went to Pen y bryn i went to bryn hafod.

[Moodybluebird]

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My Brother went to Pen y bryn i went to bryn hafod.

I'm not sure how it is decided upon nowadays but school allocation seemed to be quite random in the 60's. For instance, I went to Glan yr Afon, the kids next door went to Penybryn and the kids on the other side of me went to Bryn Hafod.