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Rose’s Tale: The Strap, the Wooden Compass – The Endless Abuse at School
Gaynor Jones, author
You will read about how she grew up in post-war England, with only a single mum left to raise her and her seven siblings after her father died.
She received constant abuse from her teachers at school. I want to bring to light this abuse, so others can know about it. This was an era when there was no child protection. She endured the treatment, but also many other children suffered the same abuse.
The story takes place in the 1940s and 1950s England in a city called St. Helen’s, County of Lancashire, England