I never had the cane, but graphically remember seeing 3 boys caned. I was 11 years old , first year of secondary school, the school hall had a stage, 1st years were right at the front below the stage. It was the time of the Cuban missile crisis, A special assembly was called - we thought it was to tell us that war had started. On to the stage came one teacher, the headmaster followed closely by 3 boys. I remember him saying that they had broken the windows, with a ball, in the commercial room ! He then caned them on their hands - very hard, and then booted them off the stage, literally kicking them. We were shaking with horror. One teacher always caned the boys and another gave the girls the strap. I loved my school days but they were horrible people. The peculiar part of who carried out the punishments were that she taught us " growing up" ( sex education as it was then) but that's another story.