Dear Susan,
 
You publish a very good magazine. I too have suffered similar experiences to those described by your readers.. One day, coming home from school it was raining heavily and I got soaked to the skin. I wandered in through the back door trailing water and mud everywhere, and my mother was furious. I got a scolding and the back of my legs slapped, and then I was told to strip on the kitchen linoleum floor.
 
I got down to my vest and underpants and stood there, looking sheepish. Mother walked back into the kitchen holding a towel, gave me a very tired look, and said, 'I thought I told you to get all those wet clothes off!' I felt silly but decided not to argue and took off my vest and underpants.
 
I must have been a bit churlish as she dried me, because she then bent me over her knee and spanked me hard on my backside. I
burst into tears and must have said something I shouldn't have, as she was looking through the kitchen airing cupboard where all the freshly washed and ironed clothes were normally kept. she couldn't find any fresh underpants and promptly snatched a pair of my
sister's navy blue school knickers...'put these on NOW', she ordered. I gingerly took them from her and put them on just as my 14 year old sister and her best friend walked in through the kitchen door (after having taken off their wet shoes and overcoats in the garage). They positively howled with delight to see a damp, penitent boy dressed in his sister's navy blue school knickers!
 
I will never forget those knickers, I had to wear them the rest of the evening and was constantly aware of the tight waist and leg
elastic. They were made by Cherub, made of a thick cotton/viscose material which had a gusset which went all the way upto the
waistband and had a large cotton elasticated cuff on the leg. 'Cherub' was, in those days, a term of endearment often used for very young children of three or four, and just the name on the waistband was enough to make me feel completely humiliated and defeated by my sister's knickers.
 
That night was bad enough, but Mum made me go to school in them the next morning, and I was dreading anyone finding out I was
wearing them. My sister and her friend had to be bought off to stop them telling everyone what they had seen, but that's another
story...
 
Jerry.
P.S. Keep up the good work.

Navy blue (or, less commonly, bottle green or maroon) schoolgirl knickers are a very effecetive punishment garment for naughty boys. Naturally, we will have more to say about them in the schoolgirl special, but they were always very well made, with strong, tight elastic at the legs. Winter knickers could reach to only a couple of inches above the knees, but the briefer styles were more common.

Jerry has written more about his experiences of being knickered by his mother, and these memories will appear in the schoolgirl special.
Susan