Goodwin, Barry, 9, had to touch his toes for pants-down caning at prep school, pictured with his mother, UK, 1933 Some do play with things such as toys, colouring, play, traditional board games or read sometimes books from childhood or connected to it like stories about school days which at least here in Great Britain is a popular thing. Australia: Bensley, Mark, principal of Bundaberg Christian School, Queensland, who uses the paddle, 2009

The leaving of school behind her and the journey home was sullen. The man in the bowler hat frowned at her as if he knew. The walk from the bus stop to her lovely cottage was heavy and slow. Two of Mummy’s friends saw her and nudged each other. Was that a snigger? Brief film of a another public caning of that era, and of the offender being carried away afterwards.

School CP

TV news item from Jan 2008 about the paddling of a student. His mother had given permission for the punishment, but then complained when it left marks on his rear. An investigation found there had been no abuse or wrongdoing on the part of the school.

Down it came, and six good thumping cuts made Foxy writhe like an eel, and when he straightened himself up he was purple with the effort he had made to restrain his groans." UK: Kendrew, Colonel D.A., Commandant of Army Apprentice School, UK, defends policy of caning boys aged 14½ to 17½, 1948 In a humorous advertisement for a chain of sports-shoe shops, a young woman tries out various different sneakers with which to punish her boyfriend across the seat of his boxers. Part of our "Spank while you sell" feature on CP imagery in advertising.A present-day British soldier is "sentenced" by his mates to a pants-down slippering (2007). It is a light-hearted affair, but a real punishment none the less. minute news report from Florida (2007) about a man who is in trouble for spanking his 8-year-old son with a belt. Includes interview with the man and his lawyer. USA: Burke, Doug, Texas high-school principal, paddled 12 boys at one go in 1996 for hazing, including senior football stars Canada: Sequence of real-life pictures of a teen boy bending over for a paddling at private boarding school, 1974 (also video clips)

United States: TV news anchor Shepard Smith describes getting paddled at his private school in the late 1970s. United Kingdom: computer-generated impression of flogging of junior seaman over the bare breech on board ship, c.1820 (view from 3 different angles) USA: Martin, James, police chief in Ohio who ran juvenile diversion program involving paddlings, 2004

In a police station in the Indian part of Punjab (2010), a youth is punished with the "patta", more often seen in Pakistani Punjab. United Kingdom: another imagined English classroom birching in history, wrongly showing punishment over trousers New Zealand: Benson-Pope, David, Education Minister, was a teacher in 1980s, at centre of belated allegations of excessive canings, 2005