CANING used to be widely used in British schools, as a form of punishment.
Here, we look at when it was banned and the reasons behind its ending.
When did the cane stop in UK schools? Caning was banned in British schools in 1986, and it was stopped in State Schools in 1987.
In other private schools, it was banned in 1998 in England and Wales, 2000 in Scotland, and 2003 inNorthern Ireland. Read More...
Sheila MacRae, an actress and singer best known for playing Alice Kramden in the ’60s version of The Honeymooners, died on Thursday. She was 92.
She died at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, N.J., her daughter Heather MacRae said of the star, who portrayed Alice from 1966-1970.
Alice, the long-suffering, tough-talking wife of Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason), became a fixture in the “Honeymooners” sketches on The Jackie Gleason Show. Read More...
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