Indeed, when i was a kid growing up in Manchester,I would sometimes hear parents telling their kids to behave otherwise they would end up in "Rose Hill". Rose Hill, for those not familiar, was one of the long gone Borstals into which unruly criminal youths were placed for attitude adjustment. It was in Rose Hill, near Marple,Cheshire.
The threat often worked and rowdy kids suddenly fell silent. We all knew a lad who had been in Rose Hill and we also knew he didnt want to go back in. He became a model citizen after that. Stopped his bad ways, got married,got a job etc..
see
http://pages.123-reg.co.uk/nickylock...t.com/id8.html
Of course I'm not promoting gratuitous violence against anyone. I do howver support measured and structured correction.
Because if we don;t do it to them,,they WILL do it to us..