Figure 1.--Most of the jackets were grey or bluish grey, dark blue seems less common. We note both a dark and light grey, but the light grey may be washed out dark grey jackets. We also note a maroon, but this seems to be a color that develoed because of washing. There may have been other colors. We noticed other colors of cord short trousers. |
Most of the jackets were grey or bluish grey, dark blue seems less common. We note both a dark and light grey, but the light grey may be washed out dark grey jackets. We also note a maroon, but this seems to be a color that develoed because of washing. There may have been other colors.
A reader tells us that earlier when he was a boy, the jackets were available in: bottle (green), brown, very dark brown, black, grey, navy, yellow and fawn. As far as we know by the 1980s there was a more narrow range of colors.
We noticed other colors of cord short trousers. We are, however, not sure about the prevalence of the various colors. There may be other colors. Some schools seemed to have tolerated different colors. This may be that after washing that the jackets looked different anyway. At these schools the boys had jackets in all kinds of different shades even when they begn with the same color. This meant that often the jascket and trousers did not match.
This is the case when they were first purchased, but there are often variations with garments purchaded at different times.
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