Figure 4.--When not performing the choristers wear traditional English school uniforms. Notice the boys here are playing football in their school uniforms--including ties!

We have few details about the historical uniform for the Westminster Abbey choristers. We note in the 1980s that they woore a traditonal English school uniform with a stripped blazer. I believe there was also a cap, but this seem to have been dropped. The boys wear grey shirts during school days, but white shirts when they dress up. In both cases they erar a plain blue tie. Often they do not even take their ties off to play football during breaks. Boys through the 1980s wore grey short pants and grey kneesocks without colored stipes at the top. Unlike some schools, the Abbey choristers always seem to have their kneesocks pulled up to their knees. According to one reader, the choristers now seem to wear long pants, although I am not sure about the younger boys.
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