Figure 1.--Here Schoolboys-interested in Faraday's great electro-magnet constructed in 1845, at the Exhibition of Historial Scientific Apparatus belonging to the Royal Institution and now on show at the Science Museum.This is one of a remarkable collection of remarkable pieces of apparatus which have developed into modern marvels. The photograph is undated, but was probably taken in the 1920s. We believe that the boys are from a state primary school, in part because the caps are so varied.

Our archive of school trip photographs is still limited. Thus we are just beginning to build a chronology. We are not sure when schools began to take field trips. We note photographs from the 1920s. We do not know if there were school field trips before thst time. Of course the uniforms worn varied over time. This often meant caps and blazers at private schools. Caps began to decline in popularity in the 1960s. An English reader tells us that at his Anglican primary school in the 60s that the children had to dress up for school trips. Blazers were still common in the 1980s, at least a private schools. We note schools with school trips where the children are more casually dressed in the 2000s. This may be weekend trips more than official school trips during the week.

Related Style Pages in the Boys' Historical Web Site
[Main school uniform page]
[Main country page]
[Long pants suits] [Short pants suits] [Socks] [Eton suits]
[Jacket and trousers] [Blazer [School sandals]

Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing School Uniform Pages
[Main School Uniform Page]
[Australia] [England] [France] [Germany]
[Italy] [Japan] [New Zealand] [Scotland]
[United States]

Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Page
[Return to the Main English school activities--school trip page]
[Introduction] [Activities] [Biographies] [Chronology] [Clothing styles] [Countries]
[Bibliographies] [Contributions] [FAQs] [Glossary] [Satellite sites] [Tools]
[Boys' Clothing Home]

Created: 1:01 AM 4/30/2006
Last updated: 1:01 AM 4/30/2006