‘They beat the tar out of us… We were beaten with straps, sticks, even the leg of a chair. We were beaten for failure at lessons and simply, it seemed to me, on principle. They were careful not to leave marks. They generally struck on the hands, the legs, the buttocks and around the body. If they were thumping, they would thump on the body where it would not show. They never hit us on the jaw but across the side of the head…
