Figure 1.-A reader came across this photo which may be a French Choir in their concert uniforms. We think it may be a French choir, but are not positive. Given the stained glass window background, we should eventually be able to identify it. We are puzzled that one of the choristers, second from the right in the front,appears to be a girl. The child has quite long hair where as the rest have traditional short back and sides. Having a girl in such a choir would be most unusual. This would be most unusual as such choirs are almost invariably all male choirs. Of course there is no way to know.

A reader came across this photo which may be a French Choir in their concert uniforms. We think it may be a French choir, but are not positive. Given the stained glass window background, we should eventually be able to identify it. We are puzzled that one of the choristers, second from the right in the front,appears to be a girl. The child has quite long hair where as the rest have traditional short back and sides. Having a girl in such a choir would be most unusual. This would be most unusual as such choirs are almost invariably all male choirs. Of course there is no way to know. The hair certainly looks like a girl, but I think it is more likely that he is a boy with long hair as he is wearing shorts rather than a skirt. Its always possible that he is a girl. I notice that it was relatively common for a few girls to be at a boys' schools in Britain, often the children of the staff or local farmers. Or some times girls were accepted if they had brothers in rge school. Perhaps something like this was happening here. But we think a boy is more likely. They are wearing short trousered navy suits and white shirts with a jabot (ruffled) front. The portrait is undared, but we would guess was taken in the 1990s.