when did the shirt signing thing start?

[overthemill]

this morning got to school with my year 4 dd who goes up to middle school in september. discovered she should have brought in a plain shirt so everyone in the class could sign it! so I duly went back in with one (perfctly good, hoping it would last out another school year) and there they all were, excitedly wrecking each other's clothes with the teachers helping!! Astonoshing! So when did this 'tradition' start happening? (I'm guessing when proms and limos came into being) I am 50 (gulp) and we never did this

We didn't do this when I left school in 2004, in Scotland, but my husband left the year after from an English school and he did do the shirt signing thing. Lost it many years ago of course.

Did that when I left school. I'm 50 this year!

Left school in 1986. We all did this. I'm afraid you just missed out!

It's been happening for ages; I left primary school in 2005 and we did it then. I remember Year 6 having their shirts signed when I was in Year 1/2 so 2000/2001ish too.