On 15/05/2021 07:42, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

it was the strap in my day...made in Fife ...

Made in Lochgelly. After the ban on hitting kids they diversified into a
more adult and consenting punishment market.

While at primary school I was belted a LOT by a belt-happy headmaster,
mostly for things that I was innocent of but he didn't care. It
instilled a deep suspicion of petty people in power.

Andy