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The second type of turn-over-top socks was ones with colored bands and more rarely a solid colored cuff. These were mostly school socks done as part of school uniforms, primarily private school uniforms. This might include Anglican schools which operate as kind of low-cost private schools. In Britain schools with a religious association were eligible for state funding. They tended to have uniforms, but less elborate ones than the state schools. Children attending state schools might have uniforms as wel, mostly beginning with the 1960s. Boys at state schools were more lilely to wear plain grey knee socks, often without turn-over-tops let alone colored bands. The colored bands were done in the school colors. You might see the socks at the major chin stores and leasr in basic colors. But the more complicated patterns were only available in shops are the more up-market stores handling a schools uniform. These colors were also used for the caps, blazers, and ties. As thus there were a wide variety of colors used, but the socks themselves were almost always grey. We are not sure just when these school socks first appeared, but we begin to notice them in the 1920s. They became a popular part of school uniforms, especially schools that were serious about the uniform. We do not see these socks in America and other countries to any extent, primarily because there were so few schools with British-style uniforms, but there were a few privare schools. At times these colors bands alao appeared with English Scout and Boys Brigade knee socks. In this case we do see dark (we think navy blue) socks. We notice some Cub socks with a green band.
The second type of turn-over-top socks was ones with colored bands and more rarely a solid colored cuff. These were mostly school socks done as part of school uniforms, primarily private school uniforms. This might include Anglican schools which operate as kind of low-cost private schools. In Britain schools with a religious association were eligible for state funding. They tended to have uniforms, but less elborate ones than the state schools. Children attending state schools might have uniforms as wel, mostly beginning with the 1960s. Boys at state schools were more lilely to wear plain grey knee socks, often without turn-over-tops let alone colored bands. The colored bands were done in the school colors. You might see the socks at the major chin stores and leasr in basic colors. But the more complicated patterns were only available in shops are the more up-market stores handling a schools uniform. These colors were also used for the caps, blazers, and ties. As thus there were a wide variety of colors used, but the socks themselves were almost always grey. We are not sure just when these school socks first appeared, but we begin to notice them in the 1920s. They became a popular part of school uniforms, especially schools that were serious about the uniform. We do not see these socks in America and other countries to any extent, primarily because there were so few schools with British-style uniforms, but there were a few privare schools.
We also see youth groups with speialized knee socks. At times these colors bands alao appeared with English Scout and Boys Brigade knee socks. In this case we do see dark (we think navy blue) socks. We notice some Cub socks with a green band.
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