Re: school uniform

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Forgot to mention, we used to have coat checks (as well as skirts).

Coats weren't regulation, just had to be navy. I remember, not long

after I'd started,our form teacher doing a coat check. We all had to

fetch our coats from the cloakroom so she could check the colour and

that it was a coat not an anorak. We all sat at our desks with the

coat on top.

I was petrified, because my new coat was ....black.... (shock,horror).

S*d's law, but we had to have the grey haired, hair in bun, art

teacher, who knew every shade of blue and those inbetween.

The girl sitting next to me, got her name written on the " naughty "

list, because her coat was french navy. I'd never even heard of

french navy, but by gove, I've never forgotten it (lighter,bluey-er,

shade of navy, if you're wondering). By some stroke of luck she

looked at my coat and carried on. Whether it was because I was sat by

the wall (the desks were in pairs) and she couldn't reach to look

closely, or the light was bad, I don't know, but I escaped.

Sadly, only temporarily, as when said teacher was on bus queue duty,

(supervising over 200 girls, waiting for the bus at the end of the

day) she hauled me out, commenting that the coat appeared very dark to

be navy. Thankfully no letter home though, just made me feel bad.

I don't to this day know what the point was. We were all new girls,

and most parents had, presumably, just spent a fortune on uniform and

a new coat. Unless the coat was way out (like bright red) I can't

imagine any parent forking out for a second coat, just because it was

the wrong shade of navy. Ho Hum

Todman

Treasurer, Stansted Branch (R5)

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