mianders:
I missed the start, and I'm not sure of the title, but I watched most of a film made in the 1950s about a coeducational, probably grammar, school that gains a new headmaster. Most of the sixth form plus a boy likely from the first form comprise the school orchestra. The music teacher falls out with the new headmaster and resigns, causing the orchestra to rebel.
After causing some disruption, the orchestra is punished. The girls get detention during which they have to write lines, while all the boys are caned. We see the sixth form boys leaving the headmaster's study wringing the palms of their hands, while the first year boy is rubbing his backside.
I think many coeducational schools of the early 1950s era might well have had a policy not to cane girls, but I've never heard of younger boys being caned on their backsides while older boys were caned on their hands. Does anyone have memories of this being the practice?
I thought the film was called 'The Best Days of your Life', but I've only been able to find a similarly titled film which appears quite different. Again, any information greatly appreciated.
This film is being shown again on Talking Pictures TV at 5pm this evening ( Thursday 29th)
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