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We do not have much informtion about this school yet. We know because of the text on the back of the photograph that the nane of the school, the Convent of the Cross, and that it was located near Portsmouth, . We thoughtbit may have been at Waterlooville, but aeaders suggests not. We are not sure if the school still exists. One source suggests it became St. Edmund's Comprehensive School, but we are not sure. The school may have been founded in 1959 and the one photograph we have looks like the early-1960s. It was a time that quite a number of state schools and Catholic schools were adoopting basic uniforms. The girls at the Convent school wore gymslips or pinafore dresses with white shirts or louses and ties. They have pointed collars unlike the rounded Peter Pan collars often used for blouses. Americans call the gymslips jumpers. The girls were allowed to weat sweaters (what the Brits callm jumpers) over their gym skips. There are two boys in the group. We suspect they were probably brothers of the older girls. Exceptions like this and for other reasons were ofren made at both boys and girls school. They could also be the sons of lay teachers at the school. This shows how girls school iniforms were basically adopted from boys' uniform. The basic difference was the skirted garments rather than pants. Headwear was also different. But much of the rest was inter-changeable.
A reader writes, "I am looking at the picture you claim is Convent of the Cross Junior School, Waterlooville in the 1960s and I can state this is not our uniform & I doubt if it is our school. I joined the school in 1964 & our winter uniform at that time was a grey skirt, fine blue check Viyella blouse, blue tie, grey V neck jumper with a grey coat or mac with a grey beret with blue & grey tassel. Our summer uniform was a blue checked shirt waisted dress with grey cardigan & a grey blazer with pale blue ribbon & school badge. There were no boys in the school above Junior 1 (8 years old). The boys wore grey short trousers. The uniform changed when I was about 9 (I think this might have been after the absorption of St. Theresa’s) - juniors had green tartan skirts with green round necked jumpers, infants tartan pinafore dresses over a green jumper. Coats turned to dark blue as did blazers. Berets became a round hat with brim, blue in winter, straw in summer, summer dresses became red checked A-line. I cannot remember the sports kit colours - aertex shirt & shorts."
Dean, Alison. E-mail message, June 30, 2023.
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