Kids in leg calipers, circa 1966-67

[Miljah]

Do you remember this? It came to me as a memory last night. I started school in '66 and I recall a couple of kids in leather strap and steel rod calipers, attached to a brown leather boot.

I guess they'd had polio?

And as an aside, do anti-vaxxers not allow the polio vaccine?

What does AFO stand for?

Ankle Foot orthosis. So a below knee splint.

There were two children with those splints at junior school (late 1950's) and one at senior school. I also know two adults who had polio and have nursed a number of others over the years.

Sorry MrsJayy I misunderstood - I thought you were retrospectively shocked that it was ever called that - but of course it wasn’t a particularly bad name at the time (though they clung onto it longer than they should).

Thats ok, yes i agree the name was kept too long.