Figure 1.-- Here I am with one of my fellow sixth formers in 1964.

On reaching the sixth form, as well as dispensing with the cap, you were allowed suits of a superior cloth and most people chose a darker grey, verging on charcoal grey. The blazer was an option for the summer term (semester), You wore it instead of the grey jacket at lessons and generally around the School but it also went quite well with cricket whites or tennis kit and could be worn over other clothes travelling to go sailing, rowing or some such civilised activity. It seems strange now, but however hot the weather, you never loosened your tie or took your jacket off. Probably just as well, as deodorants had not yet entered the market! There was something nice about putting on your blazer for the first time each summer. It went with the smell of cut grass, the long, light evenings, the stowing away of goal posts and marking out of cricket pitches and the wok - wok of tennis balls being hit on the courts outside the school buildings. By comparison, the winter seemed to last a long time, the grass was soggy underfoot and the only sports were football (soccer) and the dreaded cross country running. So putting the blazer on heralded the warm, lazy days ahead.