‘For once, I was disappointed not to see a cane lying on her desk, as it would’ve meant that Lucinda was wrong about our crimes being reported for Mrs. Vincent’s rigorous attention. After the Headmistress, it was Miss Cartwright’s cane that all the girls feared most, but even an immediate thrashing from her would be preferable to the Saturday detention that was now on the cards.’
Angela Richards recollects her very personal experiences of attending a Girls’ Boarding School in the early 1960s, sensitively describing her fears and the painful events which unfold on the day that she and her two best friends had to report to the Headmistress’s study for a Saturday Afternoon Detention.