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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social

“A damme good thrashing never did me any harm” spotted in the wild today.

Letter to the Dorset Echo Respect for our elders HAVING been one of eight children brought up on a northern council estate by two loving parents, whose lad worked on the docks and steelworks, we were taught very early on to respect our elders, good manners and good behaviour. I like to think my own children and those of my siblings have been raised the same way. Bad language, shoplifting nd cheekiness seem to be rife hese days with teenagers or even younger. A good old clip round the ear from the local bobby or a slipper on the backside at school did hurt, but not for too long, and it taught us a valuable lesson. MR S 'BIDDY' PARKINSON Address supplied
jun 27, 2025, 10:57 am • 47 4

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Hugo Tyson @atrichoke.bsky.social

"...and left the door open for unfettered child abuse and bullying, but we wuz 'appy

jun 27, 2025, 11:37 am • 5 0 • view
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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social

"And then we settled down on the settee for a lovely night of telly, with Rolf Harris, It's A Knockout and Jim'll Fix It."

jun 27, 2025, 5:14 pm • 2 0 • view
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Wasn’t me either @velvetandiron.bsky.social

Shoplifting has decreased since the 80’s but why let facts spoil the I misremember my generation fun

jun 27, 2025, 4:39 pm • 0 0 • view
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Clair Woodward @clairywoowoo.bsky.social

'Biddy'.

jun 27, 2025, 10:56 am • 7 0 • view
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benjaminwhittle.bsky.social @benjaminwhittle.bsky.social

Ah, the good old days when us nippers were physically assaulted because we didn't use bad language, shoplift, or be cheeky!

jun 27, 2025, 11:02 am • 9 0 • view
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YeahCheersMate @yeahcheersmate.bsky.social

“I grew up perfectly fine, as evidenced by the fact that as an adult I want to hit children.”

jun 27, 2025, 11:00 am • 17 0 • view
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baldylocks97.bsky.social @baldylocks97.bsky.social

NAIL EM UP I SAY!! NAIL SOME SENSE INTO 'EM !!!!

jun 27, 2025, 5:05 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mike Ingram @mrpike.bsky.social

A lesson so well learned that we needed another clip round the ear within a week.

jun 27, 2025, 2:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Lee Rowles @leerowles.bsky.social

Which begs the question, why was beating kids up needed if they respected their elders so much?

jun 27, 2025, 3:31 pm • 5 0 • view
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JayShi @jamessh0000.bsky.social

Slippers! That man wasn't brought up with enough discipline

jun 27, 2025, 11:24 am • 3 0 • view
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Lord Melbury 🇪🇺🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @lord-melbury.bsky.social

Shoplifting, famously was invented in 1983

jun 27, 2025, 10:59 am • 9 0 • view
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social

Which was a little too late for thee Sometime between Loaded And Madonna's first LP

jun 28, 2025, 10:48 am • 2 0 • view
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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social

Lesson learned: Big people can force you to do what they want by threatening to hurt you. Which really only works until the small people become big themselves.

jun 27, 2025, 11:45 am • 2 0 • view
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social

Misread this and was confused why the stanzas wouldn’t rhyme at all…

jun 27, 2025, 6:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Writer Ben @benskipper.bsky.social

Ahh the good old days of Contact Counselling.

jun 27, 2025, 3:32 pm • 0 0 • view
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Hard Boiled Egg @perigominas.bsky.social

Sir - I was regularly beaten by as a child in need of discipline, and apart from a lifelong resentment towards my parents that saw them shoved in a home at the earliest opportunity and a deep rooted kink only a professional can service, I grew up to be perfectly normal Conservative Councillor.

jun 27, 2025, 11:40 am • 8 0 • view
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Lord Melbury 🇪🇺🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @lord-melbury.bsky.social

Ps bring back hanging

jun 27, 2025, 2:23 pm • 2 0 • view
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Hard Boiled Egg @perigominas.bsky.social

...I was hung, twice, and it never did me any harm.

jun 27, 2025, 2:58 pm • 4 0 • view
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Den 💜 of 💚 Scholes 🇵🇬 @denofscholes.bsky.social

I remember my mate having an affair with a married woman, it split the marriage up but he just walked away. Her friend said to me that Simon should be bloody well hung for what he did to that family. I said that's what Trish found attractive in the first place.

jun 27, 2025, 3:01 pm • 3 0 • view