E.A. Wildman ran an organisation known as the Corpun Educational Institute in
the late 40s and 50s in the U.K. It was virtually the only source for
spankophiles at the time. Some of the material was fantasy and most of it had to
be dressed up as educational material so that he could get away with it! I
particularly remember one item, which I am quite sure was from real life and not
a fantasy.

His correspondent, John, was a middle-aged man writing of an experience he had
at the age of 14 in the late 1920s. At this time, his parents went overseas for
a couple of years, and he was placed in the care of his bachelor uncle who, like
the boy's parents was financially secure in the upper middle class. He proved to
be an excellent guardian for John, but he had one peculiarity. Every Sunday, he
would take the boy on a visit to a woman friend for afternoon high tea and
whipping!

The woman, a widow, had a daughter (I can't remember her name, but I will call
her Joyce), a very pretty girl of about 15. Each Sunday, she was punished for
her misdeeds of the previous week. The punishments were prolonged and elaborate.
We do not get to know very much about them, because Joyce is forbidden to speak
about them to anyone, on pain of 'getting the worst thrashing of her life'. We
do know this from the few comments that she was able to pass to John.

Joyce always wore 'flapper' dresses. At that time, skirts were above the knee,
and girls of her age wore them shorter still. They were usually attenuated and
of flimsy material. Joyce wore these on punishment day, even in the coldest of
weather, and British houses were not centrally heated in those days. The dresses
were tight-fitting around the rump, and this would have added to her discomfort
after a beating. It is not unlikely that she would be kept naked under the
dress.

The proceedings always began in the same way. Joyce was required to bend over
and clasp her ankles. She was then whipped with a piece of auto fan belt about
2'6" long. The minimum number of strokes was 12, but it was usually more, and
sometimes much more. On one occasion it was 33 lashes. Since the strokes were
delivered with full force by a muscular man, this alone constituted a severe
flogging by any standards. Joyce never cried out, confining herself to a few
wails and gasps as the pain mounted. It was obvious to John that this must have
been going on for years for her to be able to show such fortitude. She told John
that 'it seems to scorch my seat'. John is at pains to point out that there was
no sexual element at all in what he saw. Of course, her short skirt rode up when
she bent over, showing the backs of her thighs. These were always unmarked at
this stage, and the fan belt was only used on her bottom.

This thrashing with the fan belt was, however, merely a preliminary to the
'real' punishment, which John never witnessed. The three of them would retire
upstairs, and would usually remain there for about an hour.

After this, they came down again and Joyce would prepare tea. Sunday would be
the servants' day off, which is presumably why it was chosen as punishment day.
Joyce was never punished during the week.

When the meal was prepared, Joyce had to serve it. She always showed every sign
of having endured severe punishment, moving slowly and carefully, wincing at
every step. After serving, she was allowed to sit and eat with the others, but
while they sat on plush chairs, hers was a hard wooden seat, which obviously
caused severe discomfort.

Occasionally John was able to exchange a few words with her - such comments as
"It was awful - they've got a new one [implement]", "That was the very worst - I
hurt all over", and "they are going to give me the rest later". He notes that if
she bent over or when she sat down, he could see that her thighs, front and
back, were always covered with angry red weals.

Sometimes, it seems, a thrashing with the fan belt and an hour in the bedroom
was not enough! I am quite convinced that this is a true record. John was never
beaten by his uncle, and he himself is obviously not a spankophile. Nothing is
said about the offstage floggings, but they would certainly have been described
in loving detail if this were fantasy. John only offers us what he saw and
heard, and this is described dispassionately. His uncle and Joyce's mother are
obviously ardent flagellationists who use the 'punishments' as an entertainment
for themselves. One of my favourite fantasies concerns these upstairs sessions.

I am fascinated by the opportunities offered during the Victorian and Edwardian
eras for the thrashing of female servants and schoolgirls, who were at the
bottom of the heap in those chauvinistic and hypocritical times. Although they
displayed excessive prudery in their public lives, even going to the length of
hiding the legs of furniture with covers resembling female drawers, there were
no such inhibitions in the private lives of the upper classes. I have found very
many references to this, and if anyone is interested, I can provide a number of
examples. Please let me have some feedback if you are interested.