The shop assistant was indeed a W.I. member, and knew the women in the village. Mummy knew that it would soon be common knowledge that she was now armed. Singapore: Two German youths sentenced to caning (3 strokes each) for vandalism, March 2015. Three video reports. United Kingdom: TV news report: A group of Christian schools take legal action against the ban on school CP (1999). Seven film clips showing extrajudicial or unofficial punishment in Mexico (3), Iraq (2), and Brazil (2). Some readers may find these scenes distasteful or harrowing. In a jocular atmosphere in a Texas high-school classroom, a sports coach administers one paddle swat.

A rare piece of historic actuality: four-minute extract from a 1978 TV documentary showing a high-school punishment session in Pennsylvania. When she went to catch the bus now, it was wiggle of a young woman. Even the man with the bowler hat who sat in the same seat every day started to smile, and greet her with a tipping of the hat. She had no idea that he began to see her differently, she just assumed it was cordial familiarity with a regular person he saw on the bus. Two brothers were paddled for chronic tardiness to school. Their father supports CP but believes the swats were excessive. The elder boy, 17, talks about his punishment. TV news report from Oct 2009.

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United States: Yet another TV news report (2006) featuring a mother unhappy about her son's paddling at school, even though she had given permission for it. The promised storm arrived on one fateful Spring day. Confidence had grown into over confidence. Self confidence into haughtiness. Pubic hairs had covered her soft pubescent bone, fingers had delved, conversations with friends on the delight of a fingered pussy had taken place. It was one such conversation that made her not even notice her form teacher walk into the classroom. She carried on talking to Barbara, instead of standing up with the rest, to say in a slightly singing way, “Good Morning Miss Weltwell.” Ooooh.’ She whispers to herself. I turn, “hello luv, I have a lot of those over here if you would like to browse.” TV news item from 2006 about allegations that a basketball coach at a high school in Virginia (where CP is banned in public schools) made members of the team take turns to spank one of their number.

A principal in another part of Missouri is found to have done no wrong in administering a paddling about which the student's mother complained. United States: TV news report, Oct 2011: reactions to new law in North Carolina under which parents may exempt their students from CP. News report, 2012: A shopkeeper in Quebec foils a would-be young robber and spanks his bare bottom. Part of the Syariah caning of a woman is shown. This was one of three, the first-ever canings of women in Malaysia (2010).United States: TV news report (Feb 2015) about an (unsuccessful) attempt to abolish school paddling in Tennessee. This case is from Tennessee. In addition to the mother, the local Director of Schools is interviewed. Segment from a daytime TV chat show discussing a survey which found that many parents would like to see corporal punishment reintroduced in schools. A TV news report (Jan 2008) on a proposal to abolish school CP in Ohio, including an interview with a high-school principal who uses the paddle.

An attempt is being made in Congress to outlaw school paddling nationally. Report gives a Texas perspective. I have researched the accounts of ‘the Lady With the Birch’ as well as I can. I have narrowed its location down to Oakfield Road, in Clifton, near Bristol. A rather well to do and respected residential district. I have scoured as many Victorian photographs of dwellings in that typical middle class suburban district as I can find, here is one of Rokeby House.

Colombia: A youth gets a public whipping on his legs as part of a tribal community punishment for murder (2008). Graphic footage of a different Malaysian judicial caning. Full-length version of a 10-stroke caning for which we previously had only an "edited highlights" version. Two youths paddled by, allegedly, their father. UPDATE: It now appears that this clip is from South Africa, not the United States. Extra text added.