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The Birching Tower

04Dec15

Sometime ago I chanced upon a reference to a birching tower in a book. There was no more information, but the most likely explanation that it was used for storage; or so I thought. In the History of the Rod there is a mention of birching rooms in gaols and apparently women prisoners were often […]

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Tags: 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, birching, spanking

The Machine

10Nov15

This story is a sequel to The Curious Case of Amelia Craven It began with a humming noise like a slow metallic fly. Dr Marley was out of the workshop so instead of the usual disciplined attention to their work many of the apprentices moved away from their desks and started looking about. Even Amelia […]

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Tags: 1800s, alternative history, cornertime, spanking

The Sheriff’s Daughter

16Sep14

The stranger bothered her almost as much as Jason Kincaid did. He was a large man with searching dark eyes that never seemed to rest. Also there was something about the set of his jaw reminded her of her father and that determined way he had. It was a cinch that the stranger, whoever he […]

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Tags: 1800s, adult daughters, corner time, cornertime, humiliation, public embarassment, spanking, switching

The Art of Girl Flogging

20Aug14

We knew the Victorians were keen on spanking on the birch, it went hand in hand with keeping young women in their place but just how far did they go? Here we have a true account of a woman offering a discipline service for unruly adult daughters. I came across this tale in the History […]

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Tags: 1800s, 19th century, adult daughters, birch, birching, corporal punishment, daughters, domestic discipline, mentor, mentoring, spanking, Victorian

A Winter’s Tail II

17Jun14

When this short first appeared there was a lot of interest about what happened next. So here is another episode. The wind blew hard and showed no signs of stopping. Even now the it fell in drifts across their path and the small sled began to falter. Worse still the wolves were howling all about […]

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Tags: 1800s, corner time, OTK, snow, spanking, winter

A Spanking for Miss Grey

07May14

Here is an 1898 excerpt from the London Gazette. Landlady spanks wayward lady tenant Metropolitan Police were called to a house in Putney following ‘reports of commotion.’ It seems that a landlady, one Mrs Edna Beverage, 36, took the law into her hands when dealing with a difficult tenant by spanking her soundly with a […]

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Tags: 1800s, OTK, spanking, Victorian

Vintage Sunday

29Dec13

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Tags: 1800s, 1900s, spanking

Mainstream Russian TV Mini Series: Favorit (2005)

17Dec13

Here is a bizarre Russian TV Series, Favorit (2005), featuring a very odd birching scene. It is not clear what is going on, but it appears to be some sort of revenge scenario. A well-to-do woman is kidnapped and then lowered into the floor so that only her head is seen. A man then eats […]