Figure 1.-- We note boys in the early 1950s wearing two different uniforms. Some boys wear a light-colored suit, perhaps grey with the school crest. Other boys wear what look likes a black blazer. I'm not sure about the difference, but assume a new uniform was being introduced. |
We note boys in the early 1950s wearing two different uniforms. Some boys wear a light-colored suit, perhaps grey with the school crest. Other boys wear what look likes a black blazer. I'm not sure about the difference, but assume a new uniform was being introduced. There were stripped ties and snake belts. I'm not sure about the colors. I assume that there was a school cap, but have no details. Most grammar schools in the 1950s required caps for the junior boys. It looks like short pants and kneesocks were required for the younger boys, but am sure about the actual rules. A portrait of the choir in 1950 shows almost all of the boys wearing short pants and kneesocks with the school tie. A school portrait in 1952 shows all the boys now earing the school tie. The boys wearing short pants asll wear kneesocks, but the kneesocks sare no longer the heavy socjks with substantial turn over tops. The long pants in 1952 have very wide hems with cuffs.
A portrait of the choir in 1950 shows almost all of the boys wearing short pants and kneesocks with the school tie. The boys are not wearing their jackets and the snake belts that were popular at the time can be seen. A few of the boys are still wearing the horizontal stripped ties. The boys at this school all seem to wear white shorts rther than the grey shirts worn at some schools.
A school portrait in 1952 shows all the boys now earing the school tie. We note boys in the 1950s wearing two different uniforms. Some boys wear a light-colored suit, perhaps grey with the school crest. Other boys wear what look likes a black blazer. I'm not sure about the difference, but assume a new uniform was being introduced. There were stripped ties and snake belts. I'm not sure about the colors. I assume that there was a school cap, but have no details. Most grammar schools in the 1950s required caps for the junior boys. It looks like short pants and kneesocks were required for the younger boys, but am sure about the actual rules. The boys wearing short pants asll wear kneesocks, but the kneesocks sare no longer the heavy socjks with substantial turn over tops. The long pants in 1952 have very wide hems with cuffs.
A 1956 school portrait shows many of the boys wearing the Cadet uniforms for Combied Cadet Force parade day. The other boys still wear both the new dark blazers as well as light-colored presumably grey suits. The younger boys wear short trousers. I think it was a school rule. Most boys wear lace-up ocfords, but we note one boy wearing school sandals.
Related Chronolgy Pages in the Boys' Historical Web Site
[The 1880s]
[The 1930s]
[The 1940s]
[The 1950s]
[The 1960s]
[The 1970s]
[The 1980s]
