Uniforms Garments: Sweaters--Rules
Figure 1.-- There were normally not a lot of rules concerning the school jumpers or sweaters. Many schools had a destinctive school sweater, either in a specific color or a grey sweater with tim in the school colors. Schools rules varied, but most schools did not get upset if the boys wore a plain grey sweater rather than the regulation sweater. Most schools did not seem to have a rule about when sweaters were worn. The children put them on and sore them as they found comfortable. Notice that here the boys with the school sweaters wear plain grey kneesocks whole the boy with the school kneesicks wears a plain grey sweater.
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There were normally not a lot of rules concerning the school jumpers or sweaters. Many schools had a destinctive school sweater, either in a specific color or a grey sweater with tim in the school colors. Schools rules varied, but most schools did not get upset if the boys wore a plain grey sweater rather than the regulation sweater. This was especially true of the school that had grey seaters with trim. Boys in grey sweaters at a school with colored sweters stood out more. Even so, they were often tolerated. Other kinds of sweaters might not be accepted, but plain grey sweaters generally were. As a result there may be some variations in the sweaters worn at some schools. There were a variety of reasons for the variations. Boys might have come from a different school or might be wearing hand-me-downs from older brothers. Perhaps more importantly, the plain grey sweaters were probably cheaper than the regulation school sweaters. Most schools did not seem to have a rule about when sweaters were worn. The children put them on and wore them as they found comfortable. If the weather turned warm, they were often discarded and if not labeled commonly made their way to the school lost and found.
Choice of Sweaters
Many schools had a destinctive school sweater, either in a specific color or a grey sweater with tim in the school colors. Schools rules varied, but most schools did not get upset if the boys wore a plain grey sweater rather than the regulation sweater. This was especially true of the school that had grey seaters with trim. Boys in grey sweaters at a school with colored sweters stood out more. Even so, they were often tolerated. Other kinds of sweaters might not be accepted, but plain grey sweaters generally were, although even here there were variations from school to school. As a result there may be some variations in the sweaters worn at some schools. Yiu can see that with the boys here (figure 1). There were a variety of reasons for the variations. Boys might have come from a different school or might be wearing hand-me-downs from older brothers. Perhaps more importantly, the plain grey sweaters were probably cheaper than the regulation school sweaters with the colored trim.
Most school uniform items were required. The boys had to wear them as part of the mandatory school uniform riles. The sweater was a rare exception. Here it was up to the boy or girl if they wanted to wear the sweater as parttof their uniform. Here the major determinant was the weather. Sweaters were most commonly worn during the winrer term. The weather in Britain is highly variable. Thus thete can be cool days even during the summer term. Thus the sweater was a handy garment to ghave handy for cool days. The sweaters were worn both with and without blazers. As the blazers were often not work during the school day, we mmostly see the boys wearing them without the blazers. Most schools did not seem to have a rule about when sweaters were worn. The children put them on and wore them as they found comfortable. Here the children varied a great deal. Some of the boys wore them all day regardless of weather changes. Other boys might not put them on even if it was l little chilly. If the weather turned warm, they were often discarded and if not labeled commonly made their way to the school lost and found. The sweater thus caused more trouble in this regard than sny other garment.
