school uniforms

[80sChav]

Re: school uniforms

Trouble with school uniforms parents had to buy them from the authorised shop that had the school contract. No buying of uniforms allowed from outlets such as C&A or the equivalent back then to George at Asda & TU Sainsbury. It is obvious schools received a cut of the profits before they started selling off playing fields

We could select par the Blazer, Tie, and School Crest for the Blazer from ny other Shop

I recall going from Primary - we got a list and it had all these Coloured Jumpers on - Burgendy, Navy, Grey, Black etc and I thought wow fine a nice choice here, though they had not defined which Schools it applied to. I guess at least we could have Navy or Black at my Secondary so a choice existed

On a sub-note on the first day in Year 7/1st Year I made a Conserevative effort to not wear a Jumper as we had got Shirt and Blazer anyhow and probably a Coat - so I guessed doing that eqauted to looking cool minus a Jumper - then all mates "ribbed" me jokingly say it was mandatory - then how times changed in I often had a Jumper on from Oct to Feb or so and no mates did'nt ... so the screw was well and truly turned there to make me look daft after I thought/realized!

80sChav

[Silver Bear]

Re: school uniforms

Our uniform was a dark blue blazer, white cotton shirt, grey flannel trousers, blue ribbed wool v-neck and a black tie (there was a rumour that we were still in mourning for Queen Victoria!). Oh yes, and our underwear had to be white and our socks had to be black, dark grey or Navy blue.

[Silver Bear]

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Blue, and not Blur?

Amazing how the attitudes to school uniforms have changed - skirts changed from "we have to wear them" in the 1980s, to "they are sexy" in the 1990s when girls were given the trousers option.

The liberation of school uniform!

Any boy at my school who had turned up in a skirt would have had six of the best! BTW, I don’t believe in corporal punishment: it should only be legal between consenting adults.

[George 1978]

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Navy skirt and blazer with pale blue shirt and navy tie - not forgetting the navy blur regulation knickers

Blue, and not Blur?

Amazing how the attitudes to school uniforms have changed - skirts changed from "we have to wear them" in the 1980s, to "they are sexy" in the 1990s when girls were given the trousers option.

The liberation of school uniform!

[George 1978]

Re: school uniforms

Also, I saw a year group photograph of my old school on Friends Reunited dated 1988 and the girls were sitting on the front row, all wearing skirts. That would have been unimaginable when I was a pupil there a couple of years later.

[George 1978]

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We didn't have uniform at Infant or Junior School - I was at those schools from 1982 to 1989, and I know that the Junior school only introduced uniform in 2001 after a referendum on the issue.

We did have uniform at comprehensive school. For boys, it was:


Black blazer with school badge
Black trousers
Black shoes
Black or navy blue socks
White shirt
School tie (striped)
Black or navy blue pullover (optional, but welcoming during winter months when it was a bit colder)


For girls, it was:

Black blazer as before (optional, I think in Years 10 and 11).
Black trousers or skirt
White socks or black tights
Black shoes
White shirt (or blouse if you wish)
Pullover (optional)
Tie (as boys, although probably optional in Years 10 and 11)

My sister used to go to the same school in the mid 1980s and I remember her wearing a navy blue skirt as well as a blue shirt/blouse - I believe that back then, she didn't have a choice of wearing trousers. She left two years before I started there, and so there was a huge change with regards to uniform at the school in the mean time, and by the time I started in 1989, trousers and skirts were optional, and I am not too certain but when I was there, over 90% of girls wore black trousers - some of the Year 7s still wore skirts, probably because of the fact that they worn them as part of their uniform at Primary school. Ironically, I remember two girls from my form did come to school wearing skirts when in Year 10, and one was so used to seeing them wear trousers that skirts seemed to be a "novelty" part of the school uniform rather than the default part of it for girls as it actually was some seven years previously. I am certain that my sister would have chosen the trousers option if she had been given a choice as a pupil a few years after she was there.

[80sChav]

Re: school uniforms

Ours was Sky Blue only, but could be any kind of shirt, so some people wore normal shirts, some grandad shirts, some button downs, some tie downs etc.

I recall upon seeing this thread you posted here Mulletino, not strictly as it was related to what we wore at school - iuniform-wise as we wore them general, because Grey Shirts was uniform we often managed to pass of those very thin (not soft material) but those Jean type Grey Shirts that was not like Jean Material but an halfway point between Jean and faarah/Cordaroy Material like say Skinny Jean Material of back in the day. Did you recall/have this fashion in your area - even generaly, not at School mate?

80sChav

[80sChav]

Re: school uniforms

This was done on a blazer at my school. It was not compulsory, neither was the blazer.

This was same for me x by 3 of us now - though at one stagre I think they tried the idea of iron on Crests to the Blazer Pocket!!


Funny toio how you got a Detention though for that if was Creased through the ironing (or as some Parents would take it to a Stiutching Place/Shop Nr by if busy for a small cost) and it was'nt so for other items of Uniform - but the most tiny crease ... say no more!


80sChav

[staffslad]

Re: school uniforms

I think cloth patch and blazer were both compulsory at my school, but in warm weather they were discarded and we went around in just shirt and tie, with the girls in blouse and tie. Oddly, boys wore white or grey shirts, but the girls wore candy-striped blouses--the tie being the same

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This was done on a blazer at my school. It was not compulsory, neither was the blazer.

[marc]

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I don't think I wore a uniform at infants and junior schools, but by the time my son started school in 1998 uniforms were compulsory.

Regarding school logos, at secondary school ours was emblazoned on a cloth patch that your mum had to sew onto the breast pocket of your blazer. When you needed a new blazer, all that was necessary was to undo the stitching and sew the patch onto the new blazer, and that was the only place on uniforms a logo was displayed.

This was done on a blazer at my school. It was not compulsory, neither was the blazer.

[Twocky61]

Re: school uniforms

Trouble with school uniforms parents had to buy them from the authorised shop that had the school contract. No buying of uniforms allowed from outlets such as C&A or the equivalent back then to George at Asda & TU Sainsbury. It is obvious schools received a cut of the profits before they started selling off playing fields

[staffslad]

Re: school uniforms

I don't think I wore a uniform at infants and junior schools, but by the time my son started school in 1998 uniforms were compulsory.

Regarding school logos, at secondary school ours was emblazoned on a cloth patch that your mum had to sew onto the breast pocket of your blazer. When you needed a new blazer, all that was necessary was to undo the stitching and sew the patch onto the new blazer, and that was the only place on uniforms a logo was displayed.

[marc]

Re: school uniforms

There are a couple of posts where it states there was a uniform in primary school. Except certain schools, Catholic, Private Etc., I don't think uniforms came about until the mid 1980s. Most of these uniforms corresponded with uniforms in the secondary school. This being that if a pupil needed to replace an item of uniform, the money would not be wasted come September. In recent years there has been uproar over schools bringing in a policy of a school logo being worn on certain items of clothing. These sometimes can only be bought from one outlet that is registered to supply this logo. Often a certain member, or members of staff or school governors, have a vested interest. I'm glad this policy did not exist when I was in comprehensive school. The chances are, I would have spent day after day in "confinement". The only time I ever wore anything with the school logo, or badge, was on the tie.

[Richard1978]

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It seems every secondary school had at least one teacher who used to ruthlessly implement the uniform policy.

There was one at mine, but I never managed to fall foul of him, though it helped I tried to stick to the rules & was was based in another school building.

[Twocky61]

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My last secondary school I attended we had no uniforms; we were allowed to wear anything we wanted to