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Short trousers were widely worn at Scottish private schools. Not only did prep schools have short pants uniforms, but many secondary schools also required the older boys to wear short pants as well. Many Scottish schools appear to have been more traditional than English schools in this matter. It was Scottish schools that were the last British secondary schools to continue requiring short pants for secondary level boys as late as the 1980s. Most schools had grey shorts like the English, but several Scottish schools had blue shorts as part of the uniform. The Loretto School near Edinburgh had a major impact on New Zealand school uniforms. A New Zealand educator teaching at Loretto was so impressed with the uniform that he introduced it at Wanganui Collegiate and it was then adopted by many other New Zealand schools. Shorts trousers began to decline at Scottish schools in the 1970s, but have not disappeared. One Scottish observers notes that now and again he sees older boys wearing short trousers on their way to/from school. Most of them look to be in the 12/13 age group. Occasionally older boys wear shorts but most older boys wear long trousers.
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