General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

At the Cardinal Newman in Hindley we used to get the wooden blackboard cleaner chucked at us by a Mr Naylor in maths, be caned with a 3/8'' piece of dowel by an aggressive Scotsman called Mr Wilson in woodwork and the most sadistic of the lot was by english teacher Birtwistle who really enjoyed dishing it out for next to nothing. He always asked which hand you wrote with and caned the other. I used to go home to my dad and tell him about it and all he said was "You must have done something to deserve it". No pity in those days.