radfordred 6,284 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Corporal punishment in state-run schools was outlawed by Parliament in 1987 Did you have a blackboard rubber chucked at you in school? Made to stand in the corner? Had to sit in silence for hours? Punished with lines? Forced to wear a dunces hat? If so you may be entitled to compensation, you could claim ££££££££££££££'s! Call our claims experts NOW 0800 SCHOOL CLAIM Don't delay call today COMPO 4 KIDS 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 If this was true I'd be rich, I could swan around in a big car & be able to afford the petrol. As it is I swan around in a Hyudai i10 & it doesn't use much petrol so I can afford to fill it up.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 I put some chewed up chewing gum on the front of a paper airplane & threw it, it landed in a girls hair, she couldn't get the chewing gum out of her hair & her Mam had to cut it out. I was caned (2 strokes) by Miss Slack & when I got home her Mam had told my Mam & I got another good hiding. Very painful day for me that was.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 How much would I get for psychological damage? Being made to write out Pytagoras Tearoom a squillion times. Having maths books, chalk missiles and board dusters thrown at me. Living in fear of elderly women in black gowns and lace up brogues demanding to inspect my underwear! I reckon I'm due for a well deserved payout but somehow I'm not holding my breath! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Well they never inspected me underwear, but I got most of the other 'treatments' at one time or another. Years ago I used to relish the thought of meeting one of the sadists somewhere and it would be payback time. I came to realize that I was only hurting myself. If they enjoyed treating kids that way, I'm sure they got theirs at some point. They had to live with themselves. Nah! Where do a line up ta get me pahnds? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 It's a very long queue, Loppy! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 You lot certainly had a worse time at school than I did! I'm older than most of you but I generally have good memories of my schooldays. The only negative things I can remember were: being belittled by an unkind teacher ONCE when I was 5 being made to eat some gristly meat for school dinner ONCE when I was about 7 having to stand on a bench ONCE because I got an apostrophe in the wrong place when I was 10 being told ONCE by the art teacher at secondary school that my artwork was crude (not rude!) ......... not it a big list for 12 -13 years in school. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 The Sisters of have no Mercy taught me ....not to get caught! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 #58 This reminded me of a chap I worked with many years ago. He was on the verge of retirement then. He told me that, as a child, his parents enrolled him at St Joseph's preparatory school on Derby Road, Nottingham which was run, I believe, by the nuns from the convent at the back of St. Barnabas Cathedral. His family were not Roman Catholics but they wanted him to have a good preparatory education and enrolled him there as a day boy. He explained that the humiliation and cruelty he and the other children were subjected to by the sisters had instilled such fear in him that, even as an adult male, he could not remain on the same side of the road if he saw a nun approaching while he was out in Nottingham at lunchtime but was compelled to cross the street to escape. How sad that he had been scarred in this way by an education his parents had paid for and by people who should surely have known better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 I recall at Firbeck Junior, the evil head who I'm convinced was a paedophile, I'll not mention any names. Then when she thankfully left she was replaced by Mr Lomas, he could be a strange bloke at times, his form of 'Capital Punishment' was a slap on the legs in front of the whole school, clearly it was just an act of humiliation, I don't recall him being proud of what he had to do. At BGS you had to do something really serious to get the cane, Harry Peake used to have one on clear view in his room, but in my 7 years at the school, I hardly ever visited the Heads room probably only 2 or 3 times, and that wasn't to be caned!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Indeed Jill (#59) but there were one or two lovely nuns,Sister Rose,Sister Aloysius. And great teas at Miss Savin's house on Harlaxton Drive- Dundee cake and Mr.McGregor's Garden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 #61 They can't all have been vindictive and I'm relieved to hear they weren't! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Jill # 58 I used to work as a carer for the elderly nuns at the convent when part of it became a care home. They still dressed in nuns clothing even though they were in a care home.They seemed to think they were above the other elderly people who were not nuns,the non nuns were frightened of the nuns.,the carers were also scared of the nuns,I remember one poor Chinese girl who was told off for not saying grace at meal time(even though she was not eating but helping them with their needs)Some of the nuns could be quite racist too.The nuns seemed to get better treatment than non nuns.When I started work there a nun asked me if I was a catholic,I said no,she replied oh well never mind dear .The home was very well run but had to close down as it couldn't afford to carry on as it was doing,Luxury compared to care homes now.For dinner they would have for a typical menu....starter prawn cocktail,main something like chicken or beef with all the trimmings,...afters sponge pudding or fruit cocktail .They had a wine cellar so plenty of that about......The convent and home has been made into luxury apartments and the nuns have moved out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 #63 That's interesting, crankypig. I've never had any contact with nuns personally but I remember asking Malcolm (my former colleague's name) whether he thought they had meted out harsher treatment to him because he wasn't a Catholic. He replied that he didn't think so because all the pupils were treated like this! I remember the articles in the NEP about the closure of the convent and its subsequent conversion into apartments. As I've often said about the similar treatment of former General Hospital buildings, I would not want to live in such a place! Why anyone who is supposedly meek and selfless enough to devote their lives to their Christian God should consider themselves above others eludes me as it seems to contradict the philosophy of poverty, chastity and obedience but Malcolm was not the only person I've met who expressed such sentiments about nuns. I've heard some awful stories about the former Nazareth House and also from a couple of male friends who were educated by Jesuits. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Sounds like St.Marys on Derby rd/upper college st . cranky! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Hmm, interesting comments re nuns. I was threatened with the cane for asking the RE teacher if cats went to heaven? that was a stupid question according to him... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 #66 If they don't, I'm not going either! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 On 9/21/2016 at 0:30 PM, Jill Sparrow said: 5 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: How much would I get for psychological damage? Being made to write out Pytagoras Tearoom a squillion times. Having maths books, chalk missiles and board dusters thrown at me. Living in fear of elderly women in black gowns and lace up brogues demanding to inspect my underwear! I reckon I'm due for a well deserved payout but somehow I'm not holding my breath! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Colly #86................ofcourse it was a stupid question............we all know that Cats go to heaven.....tut..........lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Well they do. Cat's I mean. But dogs rule. Re nuns. You can put on fancy dress and you can wear a big wooden cross, but it don't change what's underneath. No particular offense meant to the RCs on here. It cuts across all denominations. There's more to being a Christian than singing a few hymn and appearing at church on Sunday. Just ask the founder. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 #68 don't know what I did there................but safe to to say,.......I don't mind 'elderly women in black gowns'....and 'Lace-up Brogues'.................lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 #70 I sometimes wonder how many of those women were pressured into entering the relgious life and the same applies to priests. What they are doing is making a vow to turn their back on normal, basic human, animal instincts and, clearly, recent reports in the press evidence that many of them failed badly. Perhaps, not surprisingly, this led to women who would rather have had married and had children becoming bitter, twisted and vengeful. Not the type of people who should be teaching! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 #71 Now where did I put my gown and mortarboard? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 There should be no pressure to enter any 'religious life'. Nowhere in the Bible do we find any command to hide away in some convent or monastery. Quite the opposite in fact,. "Gerrout there and let yer light shine." (Nottingham translation). Further to that there is no command for a religious leader to remain unmarried if they wish to marry. Where did that come from? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 #74 Many large Catholic families felt it was expected of them to "give" a son or daughter, or perhaps both, to the church. Similarly, many of the landed gentry seemed to follow the custom of designating one of their sons to become a member of the Anglican clergy, who would often become the next incumbent of a living which his family owned. They called it continuity of Christian faith. I call it nepotism! How many of these Parsons actually had any belief I don't know but I suppose their rationale was that someone had to do it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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