Another recollection from Wigan schooldays comes from a vicar, remembering his former Headmaster from the 1930s, who himself subsequently became a clergyman.
Personally I recall his being quite free with the cane and retain a strong sense that once one was in the study, there was no possibility of a speech on behalf of the defence. Guilt was assumed.
Many years later, the author invited his former Headmaster to afternoon tea:
But “I can’t place your face”, he admitted. It was not surprising: on the five occasions when I visited his study, it was not my face that he was addressing!!
Tee hee, what a lovely comment. Maybe if he had pulled down his trousers and bent over, the gentleman may have been better able to place him!
LOL it does amaze me how similar this comment is to the judge’s observation at one point in the Mosley judgment last week…