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so who had the naffest school uniform then?

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Blandmum · 06/02/2006 20:25

Ours wasn't that bad, but I hated it at the time.

Pale blue blouse, dark blu skirt, naff marron and yellow and blu e stripped tie

Boys in carcoal gray trousers an djacket with pale gray shirt, same crappy tie

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Hausfrau · 08/03/2006 19:36

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getbakainyourjimjams · 08/03/2006 20:07

OOH where was your school- the guy who did ours did several other schools at the same time. That's not my old school uniform, but wondering if its a different local school. Initials??

mrsdarcy · 08/03/2006 20:14

Navy skirt, blue blouse with black and white pin-stripes, navy v-neck with pale blue stripes, blazer.....all pretty normal so far, until you see the TAIL. In the 6th form we wore tails Grin

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getbakainyourjimjams · 08/03/2006 20:20

Ah no- I was in Devon. Perverts all over then! They did catch the bloke who did it- he just had them all in his room. Was a good excuse not to wear gym knickers for ages afterwards though.

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moondog · 08/03/2006 20:29

We wore fetching Harris tweed cloaks.
Some bloke broke into the 6th form house and stole a load of dirty knickers (or 'linings' as the house matron called them).

They all had name tags in them so for a good few weeks afterwars,he would ringasking for a particular girl,then say to her
'Ahh Mandy Smith. I'm sniffing your knickers!!'

Cue loads of hysterical screaming!!

eemie · 08/03/2006 20:41

State high school for girls - dreadful.

Navy wool pinafore (first year only) and skirt (second year on) which were available from only one supplier, very expensive, and dry clean only. Blue nylon blouses, navy round-neck jumper. A friend was humiliated in front of the whole school because her mother knitted her a (much nicer) jumper instead of buying the mass-produced school one.

Outdoor uniform - blazer or gabardine and the much-hated berets in which every one of us looked ridiculous. The kids from the secondary modern would lie in wait, get them off us and throw them away. They were expensive too.

For games, blue t-shirt, navy gym knickers and navy divided skirt which had to be made specially. Gym knickers had to have 'eyes' (of hooks and eyes) sewn on outside and divided skirt had hooks on inside so knickers could hang inside skirt on your peg (I am not kidding).

For dance, green square neck tunic and green knickers which were hand made out of stiff scratchy cotton. We had to have separate leather indoor shoes which were just like Mickey Mouse's. The expense was horrendous and I was painfully aware of that. My mother was personally carpeted by the head for sending me in navy tights instead of the regulation black.

We were made to kneel on the floor to check that our hems were three inches below knee level. And the summer dresses had to be hand made at home out of the regulation material (gingham). Lots of one-upmanship among the nastier girls about their mothers' superior sewing skills etc.

Whatever function it served, that uniform was definitely not a leveller. We all knew whose uniform was second-hand - it was organised so that the second hand uniform was given out to the girls in the classroom.

JanH · 08/03/2006 20:49

Who else had to wear those horrible thick cotton school knickers - not just for gym, under uniform too? (Different pairs of course!)

nulnulcat · 08/03/2006 21:38

swedish mum i recognise that uniform it was vile wasnt it!

thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 08/03/2006 22:08

just remembered that we had brown purse belts. Also had indoor and outdoor shoes. And our poor mothers had to make summer dresses out of gingham. Posh and lazy people bought them from M&S but most had too much of the thrift in them for that.

lucy01 · 09/03/2006 13:34

dh went to Christ's Hospital (the one on rock school) - awful frock coats and wool britches (one pair per term, unwashed all term - teenage boys & that still gives me the heebies!)

lucy01 · 09/03/2006 13:34

dh went to Christ's Hospital (the one on rock school) - awful frock coats and wool britches (one pair per term, unwashed all term - teenage boys & that still gives me the heebies!)

Cookey · 09/03/2006 14:07

That always used to be the problem at boarding schools. I know we were supposed to get through just 2 blouses a week, and our gym knickers were meant to lat the whole week. Doing PE every day, this was pretty unpleasant!

waterfalls · 09/03/2006 14:09

One of my uniforms was

Brown skirt and jumper
Yellow socks and polo shirt

vileGrin

Cookey · 09/03/2006 14:12

Yellow socks!? Urgh! Were they ankle socks, which you could almost excuse? Smile

waterfalls · 09/03/2006 14:15

No, virgin socks, it was a high school tooShock

waterfalls · 09/03/2006 14:16

I wonder if it is still the same, anyone in Hereford?

JackieNo · 09/03/2006 14:17

Waterfalls - what are 'virgin socks'?

Cookey · 09/03/2006 14:18

Sorry, being dim here; what are virgin socks? Blush

robin3 · 09/03/2006 14:19

Mine was boring navy but there is a school in Chelsea and sometimes I drive past the children being guided along the street. They wear Caramac coloured plus-fours, knee high socks, blazers and puffy hats. Bless them.

waterfalls · 09/03/2006 14:19

lol, long socks, to the knee, thats what we used to call them.Grin

JackieNo · 09/03/2006 14:20

Ah [lightbulb emoticon]!

Cookey · 09/03/2006 15:02

Now I understand! So if knee-high are virgin socks, what do you call the over-the-knee (white) ones we used to wear?

marialuisa · 09/03/2006 15:06

Isn't that the old Haywood uniform Waterfalls?

If so, it's changed: black skirts/trousers, white shirt, black and red tie. It's the city sink school nowadays.

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