English school caning, March 1958 - CORPUN ARCHIVE uksc5803
-- The 18-year-old son of Dan Duryea, villain of the movies, today earned six lashes of the cane -- at his own request. Peter Duryea, prefect at a private school here, got his "six of the best" by slipping out after lights for a dance in town.
“I’ve just been Beaten” - Moonglow
He would have given him six of the best next morning. Daniel had never been beaten before, but I wondered how much that was due to the angelic innocence he was capable of summonsing up. A good sixer across that plump bottom would have changed his image!
Six of the best - wipipedia.org
"Six of the best" was a classic punishment for boys. Six strokes or "cuts" are delivered with a cane onto the delinquent's buttocks . The punishment could be given either on the seat of the trousers or shorts , on the briefs , or on the bare bottom.
Education: Six of the Best - TIME
Last week, the school invited him back, even had reporters there to cover his lecture. Wildman, who likes publicity, readily accepted and brought samples of his best canes with him.
SECTION 1Origins of the cane as punishment - Moonglow
A Traditional Six of the Best. Caning in the Cinema . UK Public School Reminiscences. All About the Cane
Caning - Wikipedia
Usually there was a maximum of six strokes (known as "six of the best"). Such a caning would typically leave the offender with uncomfortable weals and bruises lasting for many days after the immediate intense pain had worn off.
The cane and corporal punishment - Victorian School
2009年5月28日 · Charlotte – six of the best is a reference to six very hard strokes of a cane across your bottom. Some boys schools would insist on PE shorts being worn for punishment so nothing could be worn underneath for protection.
Behave or bend over for the slipper: UK Grammar School life in …
After six of the best we had a sore bottom for the rest of the day. In the evening I often had purple, slipper-shaped marks on my behind. These could last for several days and would be inspected and admired by the other boys in the changing room when we had gym or games.
Being punished - British Schools Museum
The cane was used to deliver 'six of the best', although usually for really bad or repeatedly bad behaviour. Other methods of punishment included writing lines (copying out a line hundreds of time, ensuring excellent penmanship); or being made to wear the 'Dunce's Hat' and sit in the corner of the classroom; and then there was detention...
School caning, UK, Nov 1948 - CORPUN ARCHIVE uksc4811
A 16-years-old boy grabbed the dragon smoking malacca, which Mr. Wildman had described as a "pliant and punishing cane," and gave him about six hard strokes. During the scramble, the canes were scattered and some were picked up by the pupils.