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School History. Part 3.

Grewelthorpe school history Part 3.

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.

headmaster

Corporal Punishment was a part of everyday life in British Schools until it was outlawed in 1987.

Many adults today will have vivid memories of headmasters wielding the cane or the slipper and the debate continues as to whether it did any good or not.

The Master had to keep a register of all the punishment he meted out. The date, the reason, the name of the child, and the form the punishment took.

The crimes which were punishable included:-

  • bad language.
  • indecency.
  • telling lies.
  • kicking and fighting.
  • smoking.
  • throwing stones.
  • truancy.
  • copying work.
  • disobedience.

Some notable examples at Grewelthorpe school were:-

Henry Johnstone. received one beat on the hand as punishment. 2 hours after, shortly before school closed, he was seen picking his hand with a pin to make it bleed. So he could tell his parents that the Master had done it. The Master punished him again in front of the whole school.

George Moore. caned for running in the street and being absent for no reason.

Thomas Gale. shook his fist at Miss Dale and used obscene language. He was caned twice on each hand and 4 times on his seat before the whole school.

Head master Frederick Pickles received an angry note from one Mother saying he had no right to punish the scholars and she would take it further. There is no record that she did.

It wasn’t just boys who got the cane.

Elizabeth Pickles. had been circulating amongst the children papers on which were written figures which were easily construed into obscene words. She was punished severely.

Hilda Atkinson & Ivy Waite. 1 stroke on each hand for inattention.

Martha Rawson. 2 strokes on hand for untruthfulness.

Edith Crabtree. 2 strokes on hand for continual talking.

And one girl aged 12, 2 strokes on each hand for stealing books and writing her name in the fly leaf.

If you have anything to contribute to this page. Memories of Grewelthorpe school during the war, or your experiences at this school, please contact us.

Researched by B.Bradley 2008.

Grewelthorpe History

  • School Canteen
  • Land Owners
  • Two boys killed by bomb.
  • Boxing Match
  • Leonard Lonsdale
  • War Memorial
  • A Brief History
  • Grewelthorpe Mill
  • Mickley Water Supply and drainage
  • Mickley
  • Mickley Mill.
  • Bush Farm sale March 1831
  • Grewelthorpe residents in 1838
  • West Riding House of Correction
  • Wayside Cross
  • Churchmen in Grewelthorpe
  • ARP wardens and other volunteers.
  • 1939 Register for Grewelthorpe.
  • Grewelthorpe Inclosure Award
  • Major William Thomas Buxey
  • Hidden bottle in Church
  • Grewelthorpe Ghost stories
  • The Canadian Emigrant
  • French War Escape Hero lived in Grewelthorpe.
  • A Racehorse called Grewelthorpe
  • Fingerfield farm Grewelthorpe
  • Electoral Registers Grewelthorpe
  • Robbery in Grewelthorpe 1849
  • Brewers & Innkeepers of Masham and surrounding area
  • WW2 Bombers crash in area
  • William George Leathley
  • Edgar Chapman
  • Houses in 1911
  • Grewelthorpe 1911
  • Directories
  • Workhouse Inmates
  • War Time in Grewelthorpe
  • Calverley Diary
  • The Royal British Legion
  • Time Line
  • School History Part 1.
  • School History. Part 2.
  • School History. Part 3.
  • School History Part 4.
  • Grewelthorpe Women at work
  • Beggars Bush Farm
  • Grewelthorpe Reading Room
  • Knights Templar
  • Village Survey 1970 - 1971
  • Les Taylor - Oral History
  • Evacuees. World War 2.
  • Cricket Club
  • School Play 1938
  • W.T.Neave.
  • Census Statistics
  • Old School &, Village Photos
  • Nutwith in Grewelthorpe
  • Grewelthorpe Man
  • Masham Peculiar Court
  • Wills. 1600 - 1860
  • Roll of Honour WW2
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  • Churchmen of Grewelthorpe
  • Celebrations
  • Bramley Grange
  • Chartulary - Bramley
  • Water for Grewelthorpe
  • Domesday Book
  • Methodists
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