@traditionalcp22 Always spirited, the girls have a joke before they go in for a whacking: "... it's ancient, falling apart and smells a bit funny...no, not the headmistress, the school slipper!".
@traditionalcp22 A pleasing symmetry, not often seen by the headmaster, even with his vast experience - six girls, six tightly stretched trouser-seats offered for six strokes each...now, shall we begin?...
@traditionalcp22 Reflecting on the dramatic events afterwards the schoolmates were grateful to have avoided a tedious detention, but right now..."NEXT!!"
@traditionalcp22 Proper procedure: no more than six strokes - at least one layer of clothing to be retained - a female witness if the cane is given by a male: unclear how reassuring this was for the bending girls but their whacking was regulated and legal.
@traditionalcp22 Historical fact can't be argued with, and why should it not have happened exactly as seen in this image as Sir rolls up his sleeve and each girl takes her turn bending over for the school slipper.
@traditionalcp22 Steph isn't smiling as the PE mistress takes the dust out of the seat of her shorts - Mrs Braithwaite looks young, strong and fit enough to slipper bottoms all day.
@traditionalcp22 Supremely effective discipline AND a fascinating history lesson - it's no wonder the young ladies line up every day to experience Excalibur.
@traditionalcp22 The famous phrase, understood by everybody who was schooled in the good old days - still plenty of more mature ladies whose pulses will race upon remembering the words.
@traditionalcp22 Nervous miscreants needed help to play their part in the ceremony - the headmaster could be relied upon to be a calm, reassuring presence, explaining why the punishment must be given...and then he would cane hard.
@traditionalcp22 When young ladies were led astray by schoolmates who were a bad influence they needed the good influence of the plimsoll on their bottom - good to know that the old school slipper is still working its unique magic.
@traditionalcp22 Assuming the position which causes the seat of your trousers to become extremely tight so that the headmaster can take the dust out of them with the school slipper - not something to forget.
@traditionalcp22 A young lady learns about chain reactions - misbehaviour leads to the headmistress's study where the school slipper causes her bottom to become unbearably sore.
@traditionalcp22 There's a time and a place for everything and that used to include effective school discipline - Bethany won't forget her six-of-the-best.
@traditionalcp22 Sweetmeats and strong cigarettes - Bunty enjoys the finer things in life when she goes 'back to school' even if - or maybe because - it means going bottom-up...and you can't blame Sir for licking his lips as he sets about making her wriggle over his knee!
@traditionalcp22 Bunty's big bottom sizzling so much she can't sit down!... pillows or cushions were often perched on by sorry young ladies in the comics, humour based on reality, as many schoolgirls of the time will testify.
@traditionalcp22 When a whacking at school was normal enough to be humour in comics... still happening in the 1970s - Miss won't 'miss' Bunty's big bottom with the dreaded cane!