Been thinking heaps about my childhood latly.Even though i never had much i had a great childhood.I remember one time i got the cane i was in assembly i was told to come to the front me and another boy had done something cant remember what it was now.so we got caned i remember the headmaster saying that it was the first time he had to do this in front of the whole school it was nt the last time that i got caned in front of whole school the next time i got it was for throwing stones at anothewr school who had been at ours for sports day.we got beat and as we where walking home to the estate the other school was heading back there was about 6 of us including my sister Julie and her friend .Well being from Northern Ireland we stoned them and then went home .Next day we went to school and were called to assembly. the head master was furious he said about the inicdent and how a stone had hit a girl in the eye she was injured but ok.He then said to the army kids you can go back to school the the redburn kids because it was wrong direction from there estate which left us white city kids.he asaked us who did it no one owned up then a boy who had nothing to do with it stepped foward so i came foward the others came to my sister was about to step out and i shook my head so she steeped back in line . there we where about 6 including the innocent one i think we all said he had nothing to do with it so he went back .Then out came the cane 6 of the best each i had by this time just used to it so to me it was nt a punishment it was just a annocence.as i would nt let them see me in pain.