Blast from the past - remind us of a thing
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Even Google images had a problem with the concept, so no
illustration to describe the common problem in old houses of not
enough mains plug sockets so people would use the overhead
bulb socket for shaving and ironing.
I mind my Dad shaving of a morning with this method.
Bit unsafe, as there was no connection to earth
illustration to describe the common problem in old houses of not
enough mains plug sockets so people would use the overhead
bulb socket for shaving and ironing.
I mind my Dad shaving of a morning with this method.
Bit unsafe, as there was no connection to earth
Nethybridge said:
Even Google images had a problem with the concept, so no
illustration to describe the common problem in old houses of not
enough mains plug sockets so people would use the overhead
bulb socket for shaving and ironing.
I mind my Dad shaving of a morning with this method.
Bit unsafe, as there was no connection to earth
Saw this in a '50s film I caught on the TV the other day. Housekeeper ironing with an electric iron plugged into the light socket - a chore for brighter days only, perhaps, and definitely not an evening task!illustration to describe the common problem in old houses of not
enough mains plug sockets so people would use the overhead
bulb socket for shaving and ironing.
I mind my Dad shaving of a morning with this method.
Bit unsafe, as there was no connection to earth
beagrizzly said:
Nethybridge said:
Even Google images had a problem with the concept, so no
illustration to describe the common problem in old houses of not
enough mains plug sockets so people would use the overhead
bulb socket for shaving and ironing.
I mind my Dad shaving of a morning with this method.
Bit unsafe, as there was no connection to earth
Saw this in a '50s film I caught on the TV the other day. Housekeeper ironing with an electric iron plugged into the light socket - a chore for brighter days only, perhaps, and definitely not an evening task!illustration to describe the common problem in old houses of not
enough mains plug sockets so people would use the overhead
bulb socket for shaving and ironing.
I mind my Dad shaving of a morning with this method.
Bit unsafe, as there was no connection to earth
beagrizzly said:
Nethybridge said:
Even Google images had a problem with the concept, so no
illustration to describe the common problem in old houses of not
enough mains plug sockets so people would use the overhead
bulb socket for shaving and ironing.
I mind my Dad shaving of a morning with this method.
Bit unsafe, as there was no connection to earth
Saw this in a '50s film I caught on the TV the other day. Housekeeper ironing with an electric iron plugged into the light socket - a chore for brighter days only, perhaps, and definitely not an evening task!illustration to describe the common problem in old houses of not
enough mains plug sockets so people would use the overhead
bulb socket for shaving and ironing.
I mind my Dad shaving of a morning with this method.
Bit unsafe, as there was no connection to earth
Getting the strap at school - or was that just a thing up north?
I had it a few times - x3 on each hand and by god it stung (but you tried not to show it, at least until after you'd left the head's study).
It was a properly made thing - semi rigid leather about 2 foot six long and at least 1/4 inch thick with one end fashioned into a handle and the other slit into around 6 strands. Hard to think now that someone sat down, designed that, manufactured and them marketed it!
Brutal times buy, hey, it did me no harm
PS: a Labour run LEA too, imagine that now?
I had it a few times - x3 on each hand and by god it stung (but you tried not to show it, at least until after you'd left the head's study).
It was a properly made thing - semi rigid leather about 2 foot six long and at least 1/4 inch thick with one end fashioned into a handle and the other slit into around 6 strands. Hard to think now that someone sat down, designed that, manufactured and them marketed it!
Brutal times buy, hey, it did me no harm
PS: a Labour run LEA too, imagine that now?
Lotobear said:
Getting the strap at school - or was that just a thing up north?
I had it a few times - x3 on each hand and by god it stung (but you tried not to show it, at least until after you'd left the head's study).
It was a properly made thing - semi rigid leather about 2 foot six long and at least 1/4 inch thick with one end fashioned into a handle and the other slit into around 6 strands. Hard to think now that someone sat down, designed that, manufactured and them marketed it!
Brutal times buy, hey, it did me no harm
PS: a Labour run LEA too, imagine that now?
Called a "tawse" in Scotland. I had it a few times - x3 on each hand and by god it stung (but you tried not to show it, at least until after you'd left the head's study).
It was a properly made thing - semi rigid leather about 2 foot six long and at least 1/4 inch thick with one end fashioned into a handle and the other slit into around 6 strands. Hard to think now that someone sat down, designed that, manufactured and them marketed it!
Brutal times buy, hey, it did me no harm
PS: a Labour run LEA too, imagine that now?
And yes, it hurt.
Lotobear said:
Getting the strap at school - or was that just a thing up north?
I had it a few times - x3 on each hand and by god it stung (but you tried not to show it, at least until after you'd left the head's study).
It was a properly made thing - semi rigid leather about 2 foot six long and at least 1/4 inch thick with one end fashioned into a handle and the other slit into around 6 strands. Hard to think now that someone sat down, designed that, manufactured and them marketed it!
Brutal times buy, hey, it did me no harm
PS: a Labour run LEA too, imagine that now?
Back in the early 90's my school had the "slipper" and the cane. The "slipper" was really a gym shoe that you would get whacked on the backside with. The headmaster had a selection of canes in an umbrella stand in his office for when things had escalated beyond the slipper. I had it a few times - x3 on each hand and by god it stung (but you tried not to show it, at least until after you'd left the head's study).
It was a properly made thing - semi rigid leather about 2 foot six long and at least 1/4 inch thick with one end fashioned into a handle and the other slit into around 6 strands. Hard to think now that someone sat down, designed that, manufactured and them marketed it!
Brutal times buy, hey, it did me no harm
PS: a Labour run LEA too, imagine that now?
I did not receive either but class mates did. Two for spitting paper in the toilet block. We did our pre-internet best to search if it was still legal. It seemed for independent schools they could still hand out physical punishments.
h0b0 said:
Back in the early 90's my school had the "slipper" and the cane. The "slipper" was really a gym shoe that you would get whacked on the backside with. The headmaster had a selection of canes in an umbrella stand in his office for when things had escalated beyond the slipper.
Same at my school in the late 70s. The slipper was particularly favoured by the history teacher who would chalk his initial "D" on the sole so that you were "branded" on your black trousers and everyone would know that you had incurred his wrath.I got caned more times than I care to remember in the early 70s. Original Headmaster was a guy called Henry Balance and crikey, was he accurate! 6 strokes of the cane often result in just 1 large and very sore whelp across your backside. When he left, he was replaced by a guy called Wood. His favourite weapon was a slipper, with a lace on the end, which would whip around your leg. If he used the cane, the marks could be anywhere from the top of your legs to your lower back.
Did it do me any harm - not really, unless there’s a solicitor reading this who could get me a massive compensation payout for the lasting mental anguish caused.
Did it do me any harm - not really, unless there’s a solicitor reading this who could get me a massive compensation payout for the lasting mental anguish caused.
I've googled this but failed to come up with a picture.
Every now and then in the Seventies, pubs in the SE London / Kent area would need their hanging signs repainted, and while this was happening, they would put up a sign saying "Temporary Sign".
I'm sure I'm not imagining this, maybe it was just one brewery that did it ?
Lotobear said:
Getting the strap at school - or was that just a thing up north?
I had it a few times - x3 on each hand and by god it stung (but you tried not to show it, at least until after you'd left the head's study).
It was a properly made thing - semi rigid leather about 2 foot six long and at least 1/4 inch thick with one end fashioned into a handle and the other slit into around 6 strands. Hard to think now that someone sat down, designed that, manufactured and them marketed it!
Brutal times buy, hey, it did me no harm
PS: a Labour run LEA too, imagine that now?
I was also beaten at school, as an 11 year old I was hit on the backside six times with a wooden stick for saying Yay at 4pm on a Friday afternoon in woodwork class.I had it a few times - x3 on each hand and by god it stung (but you tried not to show it, at least until after you'd left the head's study).
It was a properly made thing - semi rigid leather about 2 foot six long and at least 1/4 inch thick with one end fashioned into a handle and the other slit into around 6 strands. Hard to think now that someone sat down, designed that, manufactured and them marketed it!
Brutal times buy, hey, it did me no harm
PS: a Labour run LEA too, imagine that now?
Not sure that I can follow your example that it did you no harm. For one thing it bloody hurt, physically and the memory is still there
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E3134 said:
Lotobear said:
Getting the strap at school - or was that just a thing up north?
I had it a few times - x3 on each hand and by god it stung (but you tried not to show it, at least until after you'd left the head's study).
It was a properly made thing - semi rigid leather about 2 foot six long and at least 1/4 inch thick with one end fashioned into a handle and the other slit into around 6 strands. Hard to think now that someone sat down, designed that, manufactured and them marketed it!
Brutal times buy, hey, it did me no harm
PS: a Labour run LEA too, imagine that now?
I was also beaten at school, as an 11 year old I was hit on the backside six times with a wooden stick for saying Yay at 4pm on a Friday afternoon in woodwork class.I had it a few times - x3 on each hand and by god it stung (but you tried not to show it, at least until after you'd left the head's study).
It was a properly made thing - semi rigid leather about 2 foot six long and at least 1/4 inch thick with one end fashioned into a handle and the other slit into around 6 strands. Hard to think now that someone sat down, designed that, manufactured and them marketed it!
Brutal times buy, hey, it did me no harm
PS: a Labour run LEA too, imagine that now?
Not sure that I can follow your example that it did you no harm. For one thing it bloody hurt, physically and the memory is still there
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I recall the metalwork teacher - Mr Ellis, a complete hard case, once throwing a wooden blackboard rubber at a lad at the back of the class who was not paying attention giving him a split eyelid which required him to be taken to hospital for sutures. Nothing ever came of it and Ellis continued his brutal ways.
Amazing how times change but that is the subject of the thread
At my prep school, the English teacher had a habit of throwing the board rubber at pupils who had transgressed in some way. One time he did it to the kid next to me, hit him in the temple and knocked him out cold. He was slumped upon his desk for a solid minute, dribbling out of one corner of his mouth and slightly shaking. The teacher looked genuinely worried, briefly.
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