The Tawse was the Scottish education system’s corporal punishment weapon of choice For children schooled in Scotland right up until the 1980s, a particular leather product was the source of fear and ...

There were many names for the school belt in Scotland from the toosh to the tag to the scudge and the scud. But there is one name for this tool of child punishment that will stick in the mind of many: ...

An 81-year-old woman living in a Church of Scotland-run care home endured six weeks with a broken hip despite relatives raising concerns. Isobel Tawse fell and injured herself at the Balmedie House ...

For children schooled in Scotland right up until the 1980s, a particular leather product was the source of fear and dread - the Lochgelly Tawse. The tawse, a Scots word meaning thongs of a whip, was ...