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Photographs from the 1950s show the PCCB choristers wearing berets with their school and choir uniform. The berets were presumably worn on trips and when going and coming to school. I am not sure if the beret's were blue or black. Presumably the berets were also worn in he 1930s and 40s, but I am not sure about earlier. Notably the boys wore the berets differently before and after World War II. Before the War, the boys tended to pul them down on their heas. After the War they worecthem with more attitude, at more of an angle. By the 1950s the beretwas no longer considered stylish in France, but on international trips they probably made the boys look more French. The berets were quite large ones and had the choir crest on the berets. The berets were discontinued, probaly in the 1960s. A French reader tells HBC that the boys in the photograph here (figure 1) are not wearing a beret as part of their choir uniform. The boys are wearing Scout berets. The badge on the beret is a Scout badge and not a choir badge. The PCCB were wearing only a beret scout-model with a badge on it. The PCCB choristers during 1950-1970 participated in Scouting and the boys wore the berets to give them a Scout look. Currently the choir does not have any cap or hat.
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