Figure 1.--Here 31 Cubs are show with with their adult leaders and Sixers in 1955. The team leaders in the Cub section were known as Sixers and Seconds. The Cubs here were from North Cheam. The photograph shows the uniforms, leaders, and flag. Put your cursor on the image to see the rest of the pack.

The uniform worn by English Cubs in the 1950s continued little change from the original uniform. One difference was that the boys wore blue kneesocks with green bands at the top. They were worn with green garter tabs matching the green stripes at the top of the kneesocks. These were the same kneesocks worn by English Scouts at the time. It was the only part of the uniform that was the same for both Cubs and Scouts. I am not sure about this, but the 1950s image on the previous page looks like the Cubs are wearing blue shorts, perhaps the grey just looks blue. An English Scouter tells us, "The cub pack that I ran in the 1950s and 60s wore blue jerseys and shorts with black socks which had green rings on the turnovers. We had a green scarf, ie neckerchief." Cubs did not change to grey shorts until the 1960s. A note from one English Scout suggests that Scout uniforms and Cub uniforms in particular were not nearly as standardized as might be assumed. This was in part because buying a complete uniform was expensive for families of modest means. Thus many Cubs might have worn their school shorts. While school shorts were often grey in the 1950s, this was not always the case. One English contributor reports that,"I never joined the cubs or scouts but the uniforms of my friends who did was usually the same as worn for school with a couple of additions. Garters were worn under the turned down top of the long grey socks these elastic garters had a couple of green tabs about 2 inches long sticking out under the turnup. A green cub cap and green woollen jumper with various badges sown on completed the outfit. Much importance was placed on care of uniform, and pack meetings would often include uniform and cleanliness inspections. The Cub Book, revised in 1952, says: "You can tell a Wolf Cub at once, because he is clothed in a different way from the ordinary boy - he wears the Cub uniform, which is a jersey and shorts and stockings, and a green cap with yellow piping, and scarf of the colour of his Pack. Like the cubs of the jungle he keeps his uniform smart and clean, he does not allow mud and dirt to remain on it, and he takes care not to get it torn and ragged in playing about among the bushes."