school uniforms

[staffslad]

Re: school uniforms

At secondary school, for me 1973-1978, there was a space on our annual report where the form teacher would grade your appearance i.e. your adherence to the uniform code and general cleanliness/tidyness. For some reason I got an 'A' for the 5 years I was there, though I suspect that it would take someone turning up in clothes a scarecrow would be ashamed of to get any other grade.

[Moonraker]

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From the 70s wore black blazer and trousers. Black shoes. Still have the striped tie. Then for some reason that I cannot recall I began wearing gola trainers and even began wearing football boots with studs.
Some students wore Farah trousers.

[80sChav]

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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 am so glad we was'nt allowed Grandad Shirts Mulletino How horrible they appeared before their 90s resurgence they used to be in the 80s, I found

I recall they made a real comeback around 1997/98 though as everyday Shirts and was cool in that respect!! A few lads in my Year - even in First Year/Year 7 woreDenim Grey ones and somehow got away with them .... though I am talking some of the hardest/toughest guy's in each Form and Year!!

80sChav

[Mulletino]

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I don't know why but something struck a chord the other day and I recalled at my first Secondary we had a choice of Sky Blue, White or Grey Shirt/s

Was this unique to my School I wondered then and occasionaly have before too!?

80sChav

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.

[80sChav]

Re: school uniforms

I don't know why but something struck a chord the other day and I recalled at my first Secondary we had a choice of Sky Blue, White or Grey Shirt/s

Was this unique to my School I wondered then and occasionaly have before too!?

80sChav

[80sChav]

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Both my Schools had Logos/Emblems and both was equally as crzy I think. The first School hasd a very very posh Horse on the Blazer pocket (sadly the School amounted to a lot less) and my 2nd oe had some strange thing that amounted to the Town (on the seaside I lived in and some old Motto) linked with the Town that had never been used for ages! Why that Schools can not think of their own is crazy I think (in why such things are linked)! Though I am glad our Ties thankfully never had Emblems etc on them as, as much as I like dressing nice Ties as so like the patterned ones remind of cheap imitation Oxbridge ties you can buy!

[staffslad]

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Ours was Sine Honore Nihil--Without honour I am nothing--or that is what we were told it meant.

[zabadak]

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Our school badge had a motto - "An Highway Shall Be There" - printed under it (a quote from the bible somewhere...)

[staffslad]

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My son attended the same secondary school 27 years after I left and by then the uniform had changed to mainly blue, with girls being allowed to wear trousers if they wanted. The Latin school motto had also been dropped in favour of some bland meaningless statement.

[zabadak]

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Hasn't changed since my day...

[staffslad]

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No uniform for infant and primary school but at secondary school we had to wear a uniform.

Boys: black trousers, white or grey shirt, black and gold striped tie, black blazer plus black or gold jumper in winter.

Girls: black skirt, candy stripe blouse, black and gold striped tie, black blazer plus black or gold jumper in winter. I am not sure if girls could wear trousers. I don't remember seeing any, so probably they weren't allowed.

On the blazer pocket a patch showing the school crest had to be sewn.

[darren]

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A Paperback book was released and looking back over the decades kids wore uniforms AT THE PRIMARY SCHOOL I WENT TO I STARTED IN 1979.

And another school an all girls school as far as i remember they wore uniforms as well going back to the eighties I CAN REMEMBER THEM WEARING UNIFORMS TOO.

SO IT DOES SEEM ITS MORE COMMON HERE TO WEAR UNIFORMS THAN THE REST OF THE UK MATE.

Well recently my primnary school had a reunio 40th anniversary and a

were school uniforms more or less common in northern ireland during the 1970s than they were in mainland britain? I have suspected that school uniforms could exacerbate sectarianism and make children targets for attack because they easily identify whether children go to a protestant or a catholic school.

[Arran]

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Were school uniforms more or less common in Northern Ireland during the 1970s than they were in mainland Britain? I have suspected that school uniforms could exacerbate sectarianism and make children targets for attack because they easily identify whether children go to a Protestant or a Catholic school.

[darren]

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My primary school always had a uniform from when it opened in 1970 i think it opened.

I always liked the idea of a uniform ur sort of representing that school..

it does seem a bit strange how some primary schools had uniforms in the early 1980s whereas others didn't have them until after the millennium.

I'm under the impression that uniforms for primary schools are quite a recent development because from the photos i have seen from the 1960s and 70s they are uncommon although catholic schools could be an exception.

[Arran]

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It does seem a bit strange how some primary schools had uniforms in the early 1980s whereas others didn't have them until after the Millennium.

I'm under the impression that uniforms for primary schools are quite a recent development because from the photos I have seen from the 1960s and 70s they are uncommon although Catholic schools could be an exception.