Remember that point too; you had to be very careful with pitch on a full flap go around as when you opened the throttle, there was VERY marked nose up pitch, and as you're trimmed for landing, you need a lot of force on the wheel to avoid overpitching; you were also taught to retract flap in stages rather than all at once so that the wheel force reduced gradually. Think about it; hold wheel forward, re-trim, retract flaps, full throttle to be maintained, and with your fifth hand.........!
But short landings were great! Approach at 55mph steadily dropping full flap; aim for 45-50 at the flare, dab the brakes as the mainwheels touched and you stopped dead - or at least it felt like you did!
I think I recall the flap switch worked this way; for down, you had to hold the switch down until the required setting was reached; release the switch and it returned to neutral (the switch not the flaps); select up, and the switch stayed up so if you wanted to retract fully, you needn't keep your hand on the switch.