Figure 1.--Here we see the PCCB boys on a trip to Germany in 1938. At the time the beret was part of the iniform. Notice the dark knee icks with band at the knee cuff. They were performing in Heldeberg. |
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We do not know what the hosiery was in the early years, but assume it was knee socks. we notice images of the boys just before World War II in the 1930s wearing dark knee socks. They look like Scout knee socks with bands at the knee cuff. After the War the boys began wearing white knee socks. The boys wear white knee socks. British boys rarely wore white knee socks. They were commonly worn by British girls, but not the boys. And this was the case with British choirs. The conventions wee different on the Continent. Both French and German boy did wear white knee socks, including the boys in choirs. For PCCB performances little details such as having the socks pulled up to their knees are carefully checked.
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