Mr Smith introduced himself to the metalwork class by saying
“I’m Mr Smith but if anyone messes around in my class they’ll have to meet Thomas Tickler” 8O
He then went into the store room and returned with ‘thomas’ a 3 foot length of black rubber hose which he smacked across a workbench with a sound like a thunder clap…
one boy snigered and he hit him across the back of his legs….. no one ever messed around in that class…