Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Our secondary school (Woodford County High for girls) uniform was really strict. Navy tunics (like a sack with a hole cut for head and arms) for the 1st and 2nds years with a royal blue and white dogtooth check shirt (really expensive only came from one shop) and navy blazer. Once you got the the 3rd year (13 or 14 yrs) you could wear an A line navy skirt on the knee. I remember my class having to knee up (thighs at right angles to calves IYSWIM) in the gym in a long line and have the teacher check whether our skirts hung on the floor. If the did you were OK, if not (too short or too long) you got a letter sent home to your parents. If you were good at sports and got awarded " colours " you could wear a maroon blazer. Summer dresses were a gaudy turquoise and navy pattern (equally expensive), but not compulsory. Thankfully in the sixth form you could wear any plain colour, plain style dress. I don't have a particular problem with navy now, though I tend to go for bright blouses (eg cerise) to brighten it up. Todman Treasurer, Stansted Branch (R5) Mum to , 3½ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Todman wrote: > > > Thankfully in the sixth form you could wear any plain colour, plain > style dress. Lucky you! Even in the sixth form we had to wear uniform (including grey knee length socks - yuck) We had school on Saturday mornings and chapel on Sunday morning so we had to get up and wear uniform 7 days a week! http://www.foxstitch.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Todman wrote: > > > Thankfully in the sixth form you could wear any plain colour, plain > style dress. Lucky you! Even in the sixth form we had to wear uniform (including grey knee length socks - yuck) We had school on Saturday mornings and chapel on Sunday morning so we had to get up and wear uniform 7 days a week! http://www.foxstitch.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 My school uniform was navy [gymslip in 1st and 2nd yr, skirt after that and different red/navy/gold stripe ties for younger/older pupils] but it hasn't prejudiced me against that colour, even though school wasn't my favourite place to be. I began at an all girl grammar school, which went co-ed on a new site during my 2nd year. We were given the chance to choose a new uniform for the new school, which included quite daring things for the 1960s, such as trousers for girls, polo neck jumpers, pretty blouses etc. And what did we vote for? Gymslips/skirts/shirts/cardigans/ties!!! The two things that did change were the summer uniform and hats. We changed from a bowl shaped hat to one with a flat crown, while the summer dresses went from being an old fashioned style with gathered skirt in some pretty colours - green, blue, salmon pink, lilac and yellow - to the sort of shift dress still worn today in blue, yellow or green check. They were so much tighter fitting and you couldn't jump around in them for fear of splitting the seams! Oh, and sashes on gymslips were banished at the new school. Lesley ----------- From: Lucky you! Even in the sixth form we had to wear uniform (including grey knee length socks - yuck) We had school on Saturday mornings and chapel on Sunday morning so we had to get up and wear uniform 7 days a week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 My school uniform was navy [gymslip in 1st and 2nd yr, skirt after that and different red/navy/gold stripe ties for younger/older pupils] but it hasn't prejudiced me against that colour, even though school wasn't my favourite place to be. I began at an all girl grammar school, which went co-ed on a new site during my 2nd year. We were given the chance to choose a new uniform for the new school, which included quite daring things for the 1960s, such as trousers for girls, polo neck jumpers, pretty blouses etc. And what did we vote for? Gymslips/skirts/shirts/cardigans/ties!!! The two things that did change were the summer uniform and hats. We changed from a bowl shaped hat to one with a flat crown, while the summer dresses went from being an old fashioned style with gathered skirt in some pretty colours - green, blue, salmon pink, lilac and yellow - to the sort of shift dress still worn today in blue, yellow or green check. They were so much tighter fitting and you couldn't jump around in them for fear of splitting the seams! Oh, and sashes on gymslips were banished at the new school. Lesley ----------- From: Lucky you! Even in the sixth form we had to wear uniform (including grey knee length socks - yuck) We had school on Saturday mornings and chapel on Sunday morning so we had to get up and wear uniform 7 days a week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 My school uniform was navy [gymslip in 1st and 2nd yr, skirt after that and different red/navy/gold stripe ties for younger/older pupils] but it hasn't prejudiced me against that colour, even though school wasn't my favourite place to be. I began at an all girl grammar school, which went co-ed on a new site during my 2nd year. We were given the chance to choose a new uniform for the new school, which included quite daring things for the 1960s, such as trousers for girls, polo neck jumpers, pretty blouses etc. And what did we vote for? Gymslips/skirts/shirts/cardigans/ties!!! The two things that did change were the summer uniform and hats. We changed from a bowl shaped hat to one with a flat crown, while the summer dresses went from being an old fashioned style with gathered skirt in some pretty colours - green, blue, salmon pink, lilac and yellow - to the sort of shift dress still worn today in blue, yellow or green check. They were so much tighter fitting and you couldn't jump around in them for fear of splitting the seams! Oh, and sashes on gymslips were banished at the new school. Lesley ----------- From: Lucky you! Even in the sixth form we had to wear uniform (including grey knee length socks - yuck) We had school on Saturday mornings and chapel on Sunday morning so we had to get up and wear uniform 7 days a week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2001 Report Share Posted June 19, 2001 > > Navy tunics (like a sack with a hole cut for head and arms) for the > 1st and 2nds years with a royal blue and white dogtooth check shirt > (really expensive only came from one shop) and navy blazer. Once you > got the the 3rd year (13 or 14 yrs) you could wear an A line navy > skirt on the knee.<< Sounds similar to us. I went to a girls grammar school in Chislehurst. 1st and 2nd years had to wear similar navy tunics with horrible round neck blouses. Having the top button done up was compulsory. I was very short and then suddenly grew 6 inches in the 2nd year. My mum refused to buy me a new tunic as I would be going into a skirt the next year so I had to put up with a really short tunic when it really wasn't fashionable. When we went into skirts we weren't allowed pleats or slits in them. In the winter we would have spot coat checks in the hall and had to have navy coats - if they were black then there would be big trouble and a letter home - we used to live in dread of the coat checks! Oh, and of course, navy blue knickers! Lorraine Mum to 10, Natasha 8, 5, ph 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2001 Report Share Posted June 19, 2001 > > Navy tunics (like a sack with a hole cut for head and arms) for the > 1st and 2nds years with a royal blue and white dogtooth check shirt > (really expensive only came from one shop) and navy blazer. Once you > got the the 3rd year (13 or 14 yrs) you could wear an A line navy > skirt on the knee.<< Sounds similar to us. I went to a girls grammar school in Chislehurst. 1st and 2nd years had to wear similar navy tunics with horrible round neck blouses. Having the top button done up was compulsory. I was very short and then suddenly grew 6 inches in the 2nd year. My mum refused to buy me a new tunic as I would be going into a skirt the next year so I had to put up with a really short tunic when it really wasn't fashionable. When we went into skirts we weren't allowed pleats or slits in them. In the winter we would have spot coat checks in the hall and had to have navy coats - if they were black then there would be big trouble and a letter home - we used to live in dread of the coat checks! Oh, and of course, navy blue knickers! Lorraine Mum to 10, Natasha 8, 5, ph 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2001 Report Share Posted June 19, 2001 > > Navy tunics (like a sack with a hole cut for head and arms) for the > 1st and 2nds years with a royal blue and white dogtooth check shirt > (really expensive only came from one shop) and navy blazer. Once you > got the the 3rd year (13 or 14 yrs) you could wear an A line navy > skirt on the knee.<< Sounds similar to us. I went to a girls grammar school in Chislehurst. 1st and 2nd years had to wear similar navy tunics with horrible round neck blouses. Having the top button done up was compulsory. I was very short and then suddenly grew 6 inches in the 2nd year. My mum refused to buy me a new tunic as I would be going into a skirt the next year so I had to put up with a really short tunic when it really wasn't fashionable. When we went into skirts we weren't allowed pleats or slits in them. In the winter we would have spot coat checks in the hall and had to have navy coats - if they were black then there would be big trouble and a letter home - we used to live in dread of the coat checks! Oh, and of course, navy blue knickers! Lorraine Mum to 10, Natasha 8, 5, ph 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2001 Report Share Posted June 19, 2001 Our school uniform was navy with a lime green blouse, an olive green tie with a gold stripe and navy socks.This was foisted on us when I was in the 3rd year and replaced navy with blue gingham.Neither option was particularly popular but most of us were thankful that we had passed the 11plus as the alternative was cowpat brown with acid yellow blouses at the secondary modern ! Hilary > > > *** NCT enquiry line - 0 *** > > Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee > > Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2001 Report Share Posted June 19, 2001 I went to Ashford Girls (2nd or 3rd div. girls private school) which I hated! The daily uniform wasn't too bad - black shoes, grey knee length socks or American Tan (bleuch!) tights, navy knickers, navy skirt, grey and white striped shirt, crimson, navy & silver diagonally striped tie, navy sweater. *But* at weekends we also wore uniform - navy cords and same as weekdays from the waist up, but allowed to dispense with tie - and to this day I've never been able to wear cords again!! Or a complete outfit in navy, come to think of it - I can wear the odd piece, but not a whole thing. In my stockbroking days I used to wear grey suits with pink chalk-stripes, or chocolate brown or other bog standard stockbroker suit with a bit of feminised something in it. We also had a hideous outdoor uniform - grey velour bowler-shaped hat with crimson, navy and silver ribbon, worn with navy overcoat in winter, or crimson navy and silver striped blazer in summer. The only redeeming feature of this was when a punk offered me £30 for the blazer at a train station (told you it was hideous!). I didn't dare take it, though!! Vicki Portman http://www.plushpants.co.uk > Our school uniform was navy with a lime green blouse, an olive green tie > with a gold stripe and navy socks.This was foisted on us when I was in the > 3rd year and replaced navy with blue gingham.Neither option was particularly > popular but most of us were thankful that we had passed the 11plus as the > alternative was cowpat brown with acid yellow blouses at the secondary > modern ! > > Hilary > > > > > > *** NCT enquiry line - 0 *** > > > > Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee > > > > Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2001 Report Share Posted June 19, 2001 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) Mum to , 3½ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2001 Report Share Posted June 20, 2001 Re: school uniform > Forgot to mention, we used to have coat checks (as well as skirts). > > Coats weren't regulation, just had to be navy. For the first few years I was at secondary school we had no rule about coats and mine was navy. Then a long came the new head who declared coats should be sombre colours (our uniform was navy). Of course this coincided with my navy coat finally getting to small. Thus I found myself in C & A debating whether I could get away with a silver grey anorak. Dad said, but you looked much nicer in the pink one. Nothing was ever said at school. However, some years later we were receiving a conservation prize at the local bank and the head had come too. At the end he found himself handing back the coats. Everyone else had to grab theirs, my fuchsia pink one he handed to me, at arms length, looking as if it might bite. I wonder how often he'd wanted to say something and decided that it wasn't worth it. (I suppose I ought have felt sorry for him. He'd of loved us all to have stuck to a strict uniform code, but in a not particularly wealthy rural area, where the nearest big shops were 40+ miles away, he knew he was beat before he'd been there a week) Sue Hutchinson, Mum to 30/01/98 and Isobel (HB) 23/02/01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2001 Report Share Posted June 20, 2001 Re: school uniform > Forgot to mention, we used to have coat checks (as well as skirts). > > Coats weren't regulation, just had to be navy. For the first few years I was at secondary school we had no rule about coats and mine was navy. Then a long came the new head who declared coats should be sombre colours (our uniform was navy). Of course this coincided with my navy coat finally getting to small. Thus I found myself in C & A debating whether I could get away with a silver grey anorak. Dad said, but you looked much nicer in the pink one. Nothing was ever said at school. However, some years later we were receiving a conservation prize at the local bank and the head had come too. At the end he found himself handing back the coats. Everyone else had to grab theirs, my fuchsia pink one he handed to me, at arms length, looking as if it might bite. I wonder how often he'd wanted to say something and decided that it wasn't worth it. (I suppose I ought have felt sorry for him. He'd of loved us all to have stuck to a strict uniform code, but in a not particularly wealthy rural area, where the nearest big shops were 40+ miles away, he knew he was beat before he'd been there a week) Sue Hutchinson, Mum to 30/01/98 and Isobel (HB) 23/02/01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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