Photo Essays: Uniforms Garments--Knickers
Figure 1.-- By the 1930s we no longer see knickers being worn at British prep schools. We note that there was on exception. One London prep school allowed the children the choice of short trousers or knickers. Many boys during the Winter chose the knickers. As far as I know, this is the only school which had knickers as part of the uniform. Notie the two London icons--the black taxi and the red phone box.
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Knickers were once a common school uniform garment in England. Knickers seemed more common than knee pants. Our British readers here would probably say knickerbockerts rather than knikers which has a different meaning. the American term knickers having a different meaning. We notice many prep and yoinger public school boys wearing knickers in the lsate-19th centiries. We are less sure about the late-20th century. This rapidly declined after World War I. By the 1930s we no longer see knickers being worn at British prep schools. There may have been a few, but we can not identify any at this time. We note that there was one exception. One London prep school allowed the children the choice of short trousers or knickers. Many boys during the Winter chose the knickers. TYhey were a burgundy color corduroy. As far as I know, this is the only school which had knickers as part of the uniform. Many boys chose the knickers, especially during the fall and winter terms.
