English Rompers: Gym and Swim Suits

English boys rompers
Figure 1.--Here we see English boys at a Scout camp in 1952. We do not thinknthe ome boy is wearing underwear, but either school gym rompers or romper swim trunks. WE are not sure how common this was.

Romper suits were used as school gym suits throughout Europe. We also notice romper suits biung worn This was of course most common for girls. Rompers were commonly paired with middy blouses for girls gym suits. This was common in Britain ascit was in the continent and America. We are sure about the romper suits also used for gym in America. We have not yet noted them in England. We do notice romper swim suits. They were most common for girls, but we see some younger boys wearing them, much as we see both boys and girls wearing romper play suits. We notice boys in the continent wearing romper pants for gym. This seems to have been modt common in Scandinavia. We have not noted this very commonly in England, but we have found a few examples in thephotographic record. Perhaps our English readers will j=know more about this.








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