Figure 1.--A 1937 school portait still shows the boys without a uniform. Several trends are observable. The boys still wear suits. Most boys wearlight-colored suits, perhaps grey, but we see dark suits as well. Most are sungle-breasted, but we see some double breasted suits. Several boys are wearing the sports collars without ties. |
A 1937 school portait still shows the boys without a uniform. Several trends are observable. The boys still wear suits. Most boys wearlight-colored suits, perhaps grey, but we see dark suits as well. Most are sungle-breasted, but we see some double breasted suits. Several boys are wearing the sports collars without ties. This was obviously permitte, but most bpys wear ties. The school tie has been changed to one with diagonal stripes. The colors look the same. It still does not seem to be required. The boys wearing long trousers have extremely wide leg pants with cuffs. They were called Oxford bags. The boys wearing short trousers all wear them with kneesocks. I'm not sure if there was a school rule requiring the younger boy to wear shorts. Most boys wear oxford lace-up shoes. One boy wears school sandals. These were commonly worn by primary children, but not common in secondary schools.
Related Chronolgy Pages in the Boys' Historical Web Site
[The 1880s]
[The 1930s]
[The 1940s]
[The 1950s]
[The 1960s]
[The 1970s]
[The 1980s]
