...we were never angels mind, far from it, but we knew if we got caught the coopper would give us a sore ear and if they took us to our door our dads would make the othe rone sore, politeness and common sense are what we live don, break either or both and there was another couple of sore ears, or worse.
Even at 15/16 I was scared of my teachers and even more scared of what my parents would do if the teacher called home. We were brought up to stand up for ourselves, but to respect adults/people in authority.
It's heart-breaking to here some of the stories on here - I know it's a minority, but that minority seems to be growing with each passing year
