'Royale Studio Revisited' by DaveAlan01

 

Royal Marine Stevens - by DaveAlan01

 This video is a sample of the AI Art produced by DaveAlan01. He's trying to visualise how Royale Studio images might have looked if they were produced now. This example has the right ingredients - British military uniforms contrasted with underwear in a disciplinary situation. I think Basil Clavering would have enjoyed the double underwear joke in this videoette. In his day it would have ridiculed the restrictions on depicting nudity rather incisively. In the modern context, it makes fun of our obsession with it.

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I'm not sure this video would have passed muster in the 60s, but there's an even funnier and sexier variant at the artist's site which definitely wouldn't! 

View Royale Marine Stevens - lubed underwear

 

Para Tom Taken To The Corrective Training Centre
by DaveAlan01

 Basil Clavering seemed to favour shorts rather than underwear as punishment kit. I don't know if that was simply because of his personal taste or the taboo on visible underwear in society as a whole, which was more aggressively conservative back them. 

 

He attempted to make sexy, tight shorts out of the baggy, non-elasticated products which were the only thing available at the time. His efforts generally resulted in something like the image above, with an impression of bulk at the front, but a much tighter fit at the rear. He used clever lighting to hint at frontal shapes, but they had to be very subtle to escape censure. 

 

Unfortunately modern AI seems to be incapable of producing anything sexier than this and thinks military = medals. It has no understanding of British uniforms. Nevertheless, the shortness of the escorts' shorts in the image above is a good simulation of Royale Studios' take on 'dress' kit, perhaps seen to best advantage in the Soldier-Sailor storyette.

 

Clavering did have a para on his roster - Ron Wiltshire, but he never photographed the model in his own uniform, only as a Horse Guard in breeches. I don't think there's a single example of a beret in his output, but exposure to modern day Royal Marines might have changed his mind!

 

 

Bad Lads Army,1961 - by DaveAlan01 

This disciplinary scenario (snipped from a video) fits the Royale style too, apart perhaps for the Guards wearing underwear. I think Clavering would have kept them in a uniform of some sorts. 

 

see the full videoette at Bad Lads Army,1961 by DaveAlan01.

 

 

Para Tom is handed over - by Dave Alan01

DaveAlan01 has also produced some police custody scenes. This is a scenario Clavering never covered, probably because it would have invited reprisals from the real force. In any case, the Police were so disliked by gay men in that era, because of the heavy-handed repression, that it was a perverse individual indeed that would find them sexually attractive. Clavering did do a storyette with Military Police which involved Tibor Urgay undressing in public.

 

I'm certain Clavering would have loathed jogging bottoms too, but the common association (in the UK) with the so-called underclass and thuggery would have certainly interested him. That connection makes this 'put in his place' image delicious indeed. 

 

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Great stuff! These video scenes make you wonder how Royale's work would have looked if they had used this medium. Would it have just looked like all the other modern porn? His amateur models would have struggled, I suspect. Especially if they had to speak! AI would have got him off that hook, but AI speech is very primitive currently, with caricatured American accents. Let's hope Brits get a look-in soon, but I'm not counting on it.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing a naval scenario in this vein, sailors were Claverings' inspiration and his bread and butter, after all.

 

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Recent posts at the Royale Gallery

 

Cliff Smith by Hussar

 This picture of Cliff Smith, by Hussar in 1963 (from a set of 3), is the latest addition to the mitchmen Royale Gallery. Cliff was one of the ever-present Royale boys, appearing in the 1958 'Stolen Motorcycle' set and the 1961 set 'Leather Merchants', that marked the breakaway of Dolphin Studio (later named Hussar). 

He wore that studded leather belt in all 3 sets, suggesting it was his own. That subtle fetish ingredient positively erupted in 'Leather Merchants', seemingly paving the way for the sometimes bizarre fetish imagery of 'Guys In Uniform', notably 'Willing To Learn'. 

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The Cliff post follows a group related to the career of Ron Fenn - 'Tough Schoolmaster', 'Thief' and 'Black Leather', view all three at the Royale Gallery. 

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The next projects are a full posting of 'Leather Merchants' and the completion of the Ron Fenn portfolio with 'The Wallet'.

More AI-Art by Club 323

See previous post about Club323 

Show Me Your Wood by Club323

 This character is ridiculously handsome and over-muscled, but I love his dinky, denim cut-offs. He doesn't need the braces to keep them up, but they do add a certain 'je ne sais quoi'. Tom of Finland's woodsmen were nothing like this!

I've snapshotted this image from the artist's videoette

 

Please Officer, I'll do Anything by Club323

Another appearance by the cheeky, hunky, TOF-style sailor featured in Part 1 of this post. His face has a great look of "will he or won't he?" Hope and doubt in equal measure. There are a number of other images and sexy videoettes in this sailor series at the artist's site. His audio is very amusing (website link at foot of post).

 

One Way by Club323
 

There's a bit of a craze for animating the old masters with AI at the moment. I'm all for that if it introduces it to new fans. This mini-video brings to life a well-known, but rather humdrum example of Tom of Finland's leather art, showing how imaginative manipulation of AI can add something worthwhile to old classics.

 

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will have to visit the site to view the video. 

 

Indecent proposal by Club 323

I guess the fascination with trains in AI reflects many people's daily routine, commuting to work. There's no doubt that city, underground trains are rich with teasing specimens of manhood which the journey gives an opportunity to study and fantasise about, while the object is mesmerised by his phone. 

(see 'I'm on the train!')

 

This image homes in on a different aspect, the privacy of an empty, late night carriage. There's something very sexy about this encounter between a trio of very attractive men. The title seems to imply that they intend to enact a 'Brief Encounter' on the spot. 

A videoette explains all.

 

Back Home - by Club323

The redhead in the previous image seems a natural, shoe-in for a kilt (if I'm not mixing my metaphors). The presence of a fellow skirt-wearer, equally hunky and very straight-looking, suggests all sorts of naughtiness.

 

 

Jay Off Duty by Club323

There's something Royale-esque about this image. 

It's the shorts and if you like them, you'll love this artist's site

 Club 323 at DeviantArt

Guys In Uniform Studio (completed)

1. Guys In Uniform - Sailor in the Rigging

 

Guys in Uniform Studio was set up in the mid 1970s, producing sexy pictures with a strong flavour of military discipline. 

 

It was much inspired by the example set by Royale Studio in the late 1950s, the photo above directly references the 'Sailor in the Rigging' images of Royale Studio and Hussar. The personnel involved reputedly had connections of some sort with Basil Clavering's, Royale set-up.

 

 

2. Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline

 Guys In Uniform created many Gym Discipline scenarios which also mirrored Royale storyettes, but without accessories like the gym horses that popped up in the Royale images, providing better context - and a handy platform for punishment. 

 

 

3. Royale Studio - 'Through the Legs' pose from 'Soldier-Sailor'

 

Other GIU images copy the striking 'through the legs' poses which were a feature of Royale's work (notably Soldier-Sailor). I think Royale derived them from cinema, 'film noir' advertising. See 'Military Intimidation' for an excellent, Guys In Uniform example. 

 

 

4. Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers, 'Dunces'

The creation of Royale-inspired imagery seems to have peaked with a set, which I have called 'Caning By Numbers' (since GIU didn't give them names). Although their imagery is new, it seems to closely copy the Royale Storyette 'Tough Schoolmaster', notably including the use of archaic, dunces caps. My article, 'Caning by Numbers', cross-references the similarities, picture by picture.

  

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The pictures of both studios pushed at the boundaries of acceptability for their respective times. Royale's beefcake images flirted with homosexual innuendo and sadism, which was strictly taboo in the 1950s Britain, despite the proliferation of corporal punishment in boy's schools. By the mid 70s, when Guys in Uniform was formed, gay lifestyle magazines were commonplace and even frontal nudes were permissible (if flaccid). However, the combination of nudity and discipline scenarios' was still highly controversial and problematic.

 

5. Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline

 This image is similar to Royale discipline scenarios, but they did not show their subjects undressed like this. Rear nudes appear in some Royale, solo sets but are almost non-existent in the storyettes, where the men wear shorts to be spanked. There are no Royale frontal nudes at all, but such images are commonplace in Guys in Uniform's work. 

 

6. Guys In Uniform - The Investigation

Both Studios openly used genuine servicemen as models, particularly Royal Guardsmen (sometimes in authentic uniforms). This shocked the establishment and provoked police raids to seize their material. In Royale's day, anything to do with homosexuality in the forces was hushed up by the press, but in the case of Guys in Uniform there was a full-blown public scandal when a tabloid 'exposed' that real Guardsmen were posing for nude photographs in homosexual magazines. The specific images that sparked the row were those of the 'Caning by Numbers' series, image 4, above.

  

 

7. Guys In Uniform - The Harness

Guys in Uniform did venture into one area where Royale and Hussar had hardly scratched the surface - Leather and Rubber fetish. Hussar's 'Leather Merchants' was their most significant contribution in the Royale era (see below). 

  

Guys in Uniform went much further. The leather harness/apron shown in the picture above was part of a provocative (for its time) exploration of leather and rubber fetish. It was a subject which formed a major part of Guys in Uniform's output. They developed the visual language of domination and submission in a way that goes far beyond what Royale and Hussar did, a contribution to the emergence of the leather fetish scene that is probably more significant than it is given credit for.

 

In fact, a leather harness like this also features in Dolphin/Hussar's 'Leather Merchants' photo set...

 

 

8. Dolphin Photography - Leather Merchants

Leather Merchants was used for the launch of the Dolphin Photography off-shoot of Royale, later renamed 'Hussar'. It's powerful leather and rubber, biker theme marked a significant break with Royale's more cautious approach to biker imagery. Royale limited themselves to leather jackets and jeans with not a motorcycle in sight - notably in The Stolen Motorcycle, for example. 

 

Leather Merchants showed models wearing and cross-dressing in some of the esoteric gear as though it was a club initiation ritual - and it includes a body harness. 

 

9. Detail of an image from 'Leather Merchants'
(Dolphin Photography/Hussar)

 

In this image, Cliff Smith has put on the harness on, over the top of a leather shirt and shorts, so it's hard to distinguish the shapes.  The detail, however, looks almost identical to the Guys in Uniform one above (image 7). It seems likely that it is the same garment.  

Documentation exists that named John Parkhurst, Basil Clavering's collaborator, as the proprietor of Hussar, so it seems fair to attribute the bold, fetish tone in Leather Merchants to him. It seems to be an uncanny foretaste of what was to come with Guys in Uniform, although we know of no direct connection between the two organisations, other than Charles Koestler's reported claim that he had been involved in the Royale set-up.  

 

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The Guys in Uniform Business

 

The 'Guys in Uniform' Studio has long suffered from being called 'Men in Uniform' in some quarters. However, it always used the 'Guys in Uniform' label in its short existence, as shown in the image below and image 2, above. There was never a Studio called 'Men In Uniform'  

This misconception seems to have originated from the publication of the British Photographer's collection (Source 1), since the originator gave some of his scans titles beginning with MIU. An interesting, 2002 article by Squaddie John about the history and the connections between the two studios gives an account of how this came about. Formerly published at 'Milism' (now defunct), I have been given permission by the author to reproduce it at mitchmen - read the 'Milism' article. 

 

 

10. Ad for Guys In Uniform in 'Him Exclusive' Sept 1975

 

Strictly speaking, 'Guys in Uniform' was a product of 'Studio 57', run by Charles Koestler and based in Linden Gardens, Notting Hill. Some of their advertisements showed this information. 

 

This ad also shows they were using the same marketing technique as Royale - 'selection' sheets from which clients could choose which prints they wanted to buy. It was a sales methodology that was becoming outdated by then, and none of these selection sheets seem to have survived. It's not known if they were able to secure an income stream from them.

 

N.B. This advertisement was originally published in black and white, I have added the colour using AI.

 

 

11. Guys in Uniform Feature in 'Q International' v1 No3 (1976)

 

Like Royale and Hussar, Guys in Uniform supplied their images to the Gay Magazines of their time - including 'Q International', 'Him', 'Playguy' and 'Zipper'. We know that 'Him/Playguy' paid for them and provided free advertising (from a Daily Mirror article 20/10/75). 

 

Many of the illustrations were printed in colour, which was not affordable in the 1960s for Royale, nor it's publishers. Unlike Royale, GIU don't seem to have reached out to US magazines, a link-up with 'Drummer' might have transformed the business. They do turn up in European fetish magazines, however.

 

12. Guys In Uniform - Cover of Uniform Magazine, Issue 2

 

Guys in Uniform also published their own glossy 'Uniform Magazine' starting ca.1978. Surprisingly, though, it only carried black and white photos, although the ad above (image 10) makes it clear that they were selling colour prints. It was intended to be quarterly but lasted only for 3 issues. The heavy bias towards mature men and fetish may have been too niche.

 

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Historical information about Guys in Uniform's origins is scanty, the earliest dated reference is in the mid-1975 issue of Him Exclusive, No 6. They must have been operating for some time before that producing the images. They survived the Guardsman furore in the Autumn of that year and continued at least until the 'Uniform' magazine appeared in 1978. But there's nothing documented after that, except a magazine report in the early 80s that stated that the studio had closed 'some years ago'. It's probably fair to date it as 1974-79.  

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View the mitchmen review of Guys in Uniform pictures in 13+ Parts 

Don Avard post COMPLETED

Don Avard by Royale

 I have posted all of the images I have of an innovative, early Royale photo set featuring Don Avard at the mitchmen Royale Gallery. It rewrote the book of beefcake with daring poses and extraordinary props.

Avard himself was an interesting character who posed for several photographers and ended up living with Basil Clavering (Royale's founder) and becoming a member of 'the firm', though in what capacity we know not. (see biographical notes on Avard)

View Don Avard, Solo

Bob Flynn at Royale Gallery

Bob Flynn captured by Royale

I've posted a series of articles at the Royale Studio Gallery documenting the career of 'tough guy' Bob Flynn.

Bob Flynn posing for Royale

Bob Flynn posing for Vic White 

Bob Flynn posing for Scott of London
(including in his legendary tight shorts) 

Bob Flynn and Don Avard in 'The Boxers' 

Royale Studio Revival?

 I have been documenting the work of the British 'Royale Studio' (1958-1963) for some years now, both here at mitchmen (click on GIU/Royale label at foot of post) and more recently at the Royale Studio blog and gallery. In this post I present mitchmen's imaginary 'Neo Royale Studio' (NRS) 

If Royale were around to day, I imagine this would be the sort of imagery they might produce. It would be heavily based on uniforms, with a touch of modern daring.

  

NRS Models waiting for their pants to be tailored

Royale tailored garments below the waist to make a tight fit. This trio of models, quite possibly servicemen posing for pocket money, will probably be supplied with close-fitting riding breeches or tights. 

NRS Models Meet Up For Their Shoot

  Two regular soldiers meeting for the first time and learning they were slated to pose together. Many friendships must have been born in the Royale dressing rooms (though I doubt the changing facilities back then were as professional as this). All these men might be wondering if their storyette will involve a spanking scene.

Royale imagery frequently featured quirky uniform combinations, presumably to suit what was available in their wardrobe.

 AI Art by iHonolulu

Milism reprint

A reprint of the 'long-lost', 2002, Milism article about Royale Studio by Squaddie John has been added to the mitchmen, Royale Studio blog. 

 

It's a review of Royale's modus operandi slightly jumbled up with references to 'Guys in Uniform'. The narrative is somewhat biased towards spanking but also has useful comments about the UK political and social environment in the 50s and 60s, particularly in relation to members of the armed forces. There's also an interesting postscript about the origins of the so-called British Photographers' collection which was responsible for most of the best quality images we have today (like the one above).

 

I have had to restore the illustrations for the article, drawing on title information and my memory of the site, but there are one or two I'm unsure of, so I'm putting out an appeal to any Royale enthusiast who remembers the original article at Milism, to check my reprint and see if they can help with picture identities.

 

My thanks to Squaddie John for giving me permission to re-post it. 

New Additions to the Royale blog

Royale Studio - The Arrest 2 

The 24 picture series, 'The Arrest' is one of the most complete surviving sets by Royale - although there are some intriguing discontinuities that hint at a much bigger epic that might have been! 

A story of bullying, it's notable for its abundant imagery of men in tight shorts, with a good deal of wrestling action. Spanking too is represented.

All this and a mystery, 'lost' series. 

 

Royale Studio - Scout Recruit

If you appreciate spanking imagery, there's an abundance of it in The Scout Recruit and more tight shorts. If you think Scouting is a pastime for boys you'll be surprised at the men in this story, another long one of 24 images.

 

Brian Lamprill by Vic White 04

There's some stunning imagery of Brian Lamprill filling a white pouch in images by Vic White, that supplement his career with Royale. Links to more sets at Brian Lamprill's Profile Page.

 

A full list of available Royale and Hussar sets can be seen in the sidebar of the Royale-Hussar blog. Plus news of the latest additions.

 

Guys in Uniform 1 - Double Discipline (Part 'B')

Continued from Part 'A' 

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline B01

The two men under punishment have now put on snug-fitting singlets (or vests) with impersonal numbers on the back. The Instructor has ordered them to lie down, leaving their shorts still lowered, so that their backsides are visible. It's the horizontal equivalent of facing the wall, a psychological rebuke, expressing rejection and isolation. The punisher has put away his cane, but I imagine his tongue can sting these men almost as well.

This photo has a curious composition, with the protagonists confined to the boundaries and a vast empty space filling most of the picture (which I have filled with logos out of desperation!) The picture is taken from a magazine, part of a montage in which another, overlapping image filled much of that space (see below). However, it seems unlikely that the photos were taken with that magazine layout in mind. The combination of upright and prone figures in a picture is a challenge for any photographer, as Royale Studios also found.  The original photo may amount to more than this, of course, and not be so awkwardly cropped.

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline B02

In the second picture the men have changed out of their shorts altogether, leaving them crumpled at the feet of No 4.  No 3's singlet is very close-fitting, he continues to be the more striking of the pair.

The second stool, last seen in image A03 has been reintroduced. 

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline B03

The two men are ordered to sit on the stools. The corded seats quickly bring new discomfort to their just-caned bottoms. The instructor stands watching them with hands on hip, as if waiting for something. They just hang their heads. Their overhanging bottoms make a strikingly original, teasing image. As if in response, there's a rare sighting of the front of the instructor's shorts, which do not suggest he's totally disappointed with them.

 

Once again, the editor's cropping seems overdone on the right, resulting in another, oddly unbalanced composition. 

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline B04

This unconventional scenario, now takes a new turn. 

It appears No 3 has been detained, kept in after school, as it were.

He slumps on the floor, minus his training shoes, a sign that he's not going anywhere soon. The instructor has also taken off his shorts, as if they are now equals. It hints at a steamy closing ceremony, involving more sacrifices by No 3.

 

In Britain there used to be light-hearted debate about whether, milk should be added to the cup before or after pouring tea. There seems to a similar divide about sex and spanking. And yes, I know that many prefer their spanking without any sex at all.

 

There's another (unavoidable) blank corner here. They all fit together very well in 'Uniform Magazine' spread (shown below). But it's hard to imagine this was all intentional. The uncluttered backgrounds don't help.

 

 

Uniform Magazine, Vol 3 p41

 

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline B05

 In this picture, it seems that the tables have been turned on the sadistic instructor. Bereft of his shorts (just visible on the floor with the distinctive, black waist band), he rests his forearms on a stand rather like a butchers block, with a padded top set at an ideal height for bending over. A cane stands propped against the side, ready for the arrival of another dispenser of rough justice, a higher authority.

 

Maybe picture B04 is actually showing the waiting room, with both men in line for a painful reprimand, perhaps having been caught having sex after spanking(!) Maybe this set ought to be named 'Triple Discipline'!

 

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline B06

In this picture we see the instructor slumped on the floor, looking distinctly down in the mouth, if not so much in other departments. I have sequenced these images to suit my own narrative, since no thumbnail sheets are known for Guys in Uniform sets. I imagined this as the aftermath of the Instructor's supposed comeuppance. Equally, it could be him, still awaiting his turn, after No 3 was summoned to the Punishment Room. 

 

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There is a further image that doesn't seem to be part of this set, but also features the distinctive vest with coloured hoops.

 

Guys In Uniform -Athlete with Cane

 

This is not obviously the man wearing the hooped vest in the preceding pictures, but his predicament complements my narrative there perfectly. He's strapped to the four corners of a board or box in a way that prevents escape but not all movement. A cane leans against his bottom, an unsubtle clue to the reason for his restraint.

 

He's wearing shorts, which have been hitched-up to provide an open target area. His gym socks have been removed and dropped at his feet to one side. 

 

He's also wearing an incongruous, broad leather belt-cum-corset, with multiple straps at the back. Probably put on him by the men who restrained him. This fetish garment features in many Guys In Uniform sets with leather/rubber themes, but this cross-over picture is usual. It suggests the meeting of two worlds - wholesome athletic activity and dark, secret fetish. 

 

This is an initiation, perhaps or a peeping Tom about to be taught the error of his ways. His expression suggests that he's realised from the restraints and the tightness of his strange garment that this warning is going to be very different to anything he has experienced before.  
 

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The next Guys in Uniform set featured at mitchmen is 'Caning By Numbers'.

 

More about Guys In Uniform Studio  

 

Guys in Uniform 1 - Double Discipline (Part 'A')

More about Guys In Uniform Studio  

This series of articles aims to update and extend my original survey of the work of 'Guys in Uniform' at mitchmen

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline A01

Above: An atmospheric staging of a disciplinary session at a military establishment. The two offenders hang their heads, deferring to the punisher's authority and anxious not to aggravate him.

There is a colour variant of this image which reveals that the man in authority here has removed his shorts, they lie on the floor at the back. Apart from that incongruous detail, it seems a logical first image in continuity terms. Like most of 'Guys in Uniform' output, this set doesn't have a readily discernible storyline.

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Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline A02

The two men 'assume the position' under the watchful eye of their nemesis, who is properly dressed now, but seems in no hurry to start.

 

The images in this article come from a 'Guys in Uniform' set which I have called 'Double Discipline'. It is probably the best known example of their work - with good reason! The situation of two men in PT kit, up for punishment with a cane, is memorable. You are immediately struck by the tight and very brief, white shorts, which visually are an advance on the efforts of Royale Studio. Of course, Guys in Uniform had the option of using flimsier garments than Royale did in the 50s. 

 

Royale's black and white images of men in shorts were bedevilled by 'white-out' of details under the glare of bright lights. The lower cost of colour imagery 20 years later solved that problem, although the bending figure on the left above is a near miss. The pants are lit to show off the target areas very well, and the glimpse of bulges between the legs is amazing. The hems of their shorts show off chunky thighs, while the ankle socks with blue hoops (also classic sports wear in their day) reveal solid calves - these men are fit!

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline A03

The Offender who is first up lowers his shorts and the ritual begins.

The blond-haired man wielding the cane here is not entirely convincing as a military disciplinarian, but I suppose we might regard him as an 'Instructor'.  His skimpy shorts have a thick black waistband rather like those worn by professional boxers. In fact, there's a striking resemblance to a pair of shorts worn by a hunk, who graced the front cover of Zipper 45 a few years later, in 1984 (below). 

 

Boxer on Front cover of Zipper 45

 

Sadly, this man didn't appear anywhere else as far as I know, and the shorts fashion didn't catch on for official boxing contests.  

 

There's a break in continuity in the images we have at this point. You'd expect another picture very similar to No 3, but showing the 2nd offender taking his turn to be caned, a classic 'double'. He does indeed get his lot in the next image, but much else has happened in the meantime...

 

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline A04

In image 4, the first offender has been dispatched to stand facing the wall and his hands have been tied behind his back, suggesting a rebellion might have quelled. His shorts are in a higher position, a concession, perhaps, to allow him to shuffle with dignity. Or perhaps an unsuccessful attempt to 'cover up' was responsible for his wrists being restrained. The Instructor is not yet finished with him, but his raised head suggests he remains defiant.

 

One of the two stools has now disappeared. The remaining man lowers his shorts and takes his turn alone.  

 

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline A05

The cheek indentation visible here shows the instructor means business.  No 2's filthy shoes won't have gone down well with him, and might have earned him something extra. (However, they afford us a convenient way of distinguishing the two men, in the absence of visible faces). 

 

His colleague at the wall dips his head, as if acknowledging his comrade's treatment, but whether in sympathy or sudden dismay on his own account is impossible to say.  

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline A06

 

Having completed his allocation of strokes, 'mister dirty shoes' takes his turn at the wall. His shorts are now down round his ankles. We can only speculate how that came about, but he seems to have decided it prudent to leave them there, so we get to appreciate his chunky backside. 

 

He seems to be standing protectively over a glass of water that appeared in some of the earlier pictures. Finding the session too hot? Well, you might detect a rosy hue to his cheeks, but this studio didn't go beyond mild simulation. No doubt, though, there must have been some playful taking advantage of the situation. Purely in the interests of authenticity, of course.  

 

No 1 is recalled for a second dose, and his kneeling position here suggests he's still not being co-operative. You can see the front of the Instructor's shorts quite clearly here with the badge in the waistband, not to mention a telling bulge underneath. He has a number of tattoos on his arm, which spelt 'rough and butch' in those days. That bodes ill for the rebel.

 

Guys In Uniform - Double Discipline A07

 

You sense a certain extra energy and determination here, as the Instructor resumes his thankless task of correction. His swing is hampered, though, which won't improve his temper.

 

My eye is drawn back to the man facing the wall, he has a beautiful figure and an upright posture (a cross between at attention and at ease) that is very manly. There's a treat for neck freaks, like me (despite a near 'white-out'). 

 

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There's a significant jump in continuity in the remaining images in this series. The two men being punished discard their shorts and put on figure-hugging singlets/vests instead. We don't see the men changing, just the end result. There seems no rational explanation for such a switch, except perhaps to increase the humiliation factor. There are other discontinuities too, so I have therefore separated this group into a separate post - 

Double Discipline Part 'B' 

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