Some HBC readers have provided us brief accounts of their school uniforms and boyhood clothes. These interesting accounts have useful information for HBC, but is not sufficent for an entire new page. Often readers who provide us brief smmaries latter send along more detailed information. We will then provide links to the expanded pages.
I would like to say what an excellent site you have. If I may I would like to tell my boyhood clothing stories. I grew up in the south-east of england and went to prep-school until 13 years old in 1995. The uniform was very strictly enforced and distinctive, even
though it was a small school. We wore white shirt and tie, red/blue
striped blazer and cap, short dark grey trousers and grey socks with
garters. I liked the uniform until I went to upper school year 7 and 8 and then hated having to wear school shorts even though we all had to. The kids from the local comp would name call and wind you up on the way to and from school and this became a chore. There were no other local schools where the boys had to wear shorts so we were easy targets. Thinking back (which is only 8 years ago) it seems ludicrous that we were picked on because of our school trousers. I have a couple of memories of when went to New Zealand as a 16 year old exchange student in 1998 and though school shorts were part of my college (secondary school) uniform no-one batted an eye-lid.