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English school uniform: individual schools -- City Grammar School, 1938
English School Uniform: Individual Schools--City Grammar School, 1938
Figure 1.--This is the City Grammar School, but we are not sure about the city. We do know this form portrait was taken in October 1938. It is an early coed grammar school. At the time most secondary schools in England were single genfer schools.
We are not sure about the name of this school. A reader tells us that it is the City Secondary School, but is unsure of the city. The imafe is coded CGS. This suggests to us the City Grammar School, but are not sure about the actual city. The due know that this form portrait was taken in October 1938. It was form 1R. I think the R might have been the last name of the form master as even a large grammar school would have only a few first forms. The children would have been mostly 11 years old. The interesting thing about the school was that it was coed. Most of the English secondary schools at the time were single gender schools. The school seems to be stricter about uniform with the girls than the boys. All the girls wear the samr color gym slips. The boys wear different color suits and blazers. The boys wear short trousers and various kneesocks. The girls wear black long stovkings.
