There were many names for the school belt in Scotland from the toosh to the tag to the scudge and the scud. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to ...
The Tawse was the Scottish education system’s corporal punishment weapon of choice For children schooled in Scotland right up until the 1980s, a particular leather product was the source of fear and ...
Until they were banned in the mid-1980s after two Scottish mothers went to the European Court of Human Rights, a rap across the hand with a tawse was a standard part of school life for hundreds of ...
The Tawse was the Scottish education system’s corporal punishment weapon of choice For children schooled in Scotland right up until the 1980s, a particular leather product was the source of fear and ...
For children schooled in Scotland right up until the 1980s, a particular leather product was the source of fear and dread - the Lochgelly Tawse. The tawse, a Scots word meaning thongs of a whip, was ...
For children schooled in Scotland right up until the 1980s, a particular leather product was the source of fear and dread - the Lochgelly Tawse. The tawse, a Scots word meaning thongs of a whip, was ...