Figure 1.--Gere we have a portrait from ghe Hexham School, we think in the late-1960s. We think it is two classes (forms) photographed together. Note the girl holding some form of ward in the center. State primaries did not have uniforms, until some began introducing them in the 1960s. Stargely the boys are wearing a uniform, white shirts, ties and we think short pants. The girls are, however, not wearing a uniform. That was unusul, schools that intriduced uniforms usually did it for both the boys and girls.

We have found a class photograph from Hexham School. We have no asdditional information, but we acn date thev portrait to thev 1960s, probably the mid- to late-60s. Hexham grew as a market town Northumberland along the south bank of the River Tyne. It is close to Hadrian's Wall. Hexham Abbey originated as a monastery founded by St. Wilfrid (674). As far as we can tell, this was a fairly standard primary scchool. It seems to have been a primary school that rquired a basic uniform. Primary schools until after World War II did not require a uniform. Anglican and Catholic schools seem to have been an exception. We see some primary schools beginning to adopt uniforms in the mid-1950s. This appears to have been one of them, at least for the boys. The girls seem to be able to wear what they wanted, except white knee socks were standard. That is rather unusual. Most schools if they adopt a uniform, do so for both the boys and girls. Thev boys wore white shirts and ties. We are not sure about the pants. One boys wears grey short pants and knee socks. We are also not sure about the rest of the boys. The group look like two class (form) groups photographed together and the two teachers with them. They look like a 4th year class, meaning children about 10 years old. We note a photograph taken at the school on a snowy winter day, probably in the same year. A British reader writes, "The primary school I attended introduced unìforms around 1955. It was for girls and boys, but it was not compulsory. Our cap had the Christian sign 3'S' meaning St Steven's School. We wore a red blazer.grey short,s grey socks, and black black shoes. It was not compulsory but it is these days." This was an Anglican school. We believe thatbregukar state primaries were a littlevslower in adopting uniforms.

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