Cruelty of Chamberlayne Road Boys' School

I remember the time when a poor boy stole ten shillings from a teacher's purse. Later the school was assembled, the gymnasium horse installed in front of the audience; we boys. The headmaster, instructed several teachers to hold the boy down on the horse. He was then give several strikes. I cannot remember how many. The shrieks of the boy were so terrifying. We had to sit through the terror. It is such an awful memory. I have other stories to relate about this man. How he came to be employed and was sustained in the role beggars belief.