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Not all schools had kneesocks with the colored bands in the school colors. There were two types of plain grey kneesocks. One was the turn-over-top socks. These were the same type of socks used for socks with bands in the school colors. They were long enough to come well above the kbee if pulled up, but were instead cuffed just below the knee. With the color bands you have to be a little careful with the cuffing to get the bands just right. These socks were realtively exensive. The other type are kneesocks. This is more of an American term, but by the 1980s many American terns were becoming used in England. These were shorter than the turn-over-top socks. They came just to below the knee even if fully pulled up. As there was no extra length to form a cuff, garters could not be used. These soks were made with elastic to hold them up. They were much less expensive than the turn-over-top socks and were purchased in the chain stores rather than the school outfiters. These were the socks normally used in state primaries, but prep school boys also worn them, especially the younger boys.
One type of plain grey long socks was the turn-over-top socks. These were the same type of socks used for socks with bands in the school colors. They were long enough to come well above the knee if pulled up, but were instead cuffed just below the knee. This allowed garters to be use to hold up the socks. With the color bands you have to be a little careful with the cuffing to get the bands just right. These socks were normally bought at the school outfitter and realtively exensive. As a result, they were not often worn at state primaries or even prep school unless the school specifically required them. These were the same length socks as the omews with colored bands, but without the bands.
The other type of plain greylong socks are kneesocks. This is more of an American term, but by the 1980s many American terms were becoming used in England. And this term was being used for the long socks made only to come to the knee. These were much shorter than the turn-over-top socks. They came just to below the knee even if fully pulled up. As there was no extra length to form a cuff, garters could not be used. These socks were made with elastic to hold them up. This worked at first, but after a few washings the socks lost their elasticity. Often they come below the knee when worn. They were much less expensive than the turn-over-top socks and were purchased in the chain stores rather than the school outfiters. All of the major chains had them. These were the socks normally used in state primaries, but prep school boys also worn them, especially the younger boys. Also quite a number of prep schools did not make an issue of the socks as long as they were grey.
