Toby Holloway on being slippered at school

Title

Toby Holloway on being slippered at school

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 May 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:03:36

Description

16 year-old Toby Holloway, formerly a student at Highbury Grove School, Islington, on being repeatedly punished by slippering (being struck with a plimsoll) for fairly minor offences. Holloway is a member of the National Union of School Students (NUSS). Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Toby Holloway

Keywords

London; Trade unions; Teachers; Corporal punishment; Islington; Schools; Students; Behaviour; Highbury Grove School; Inner London Education Authority; NUSS

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