Figure 1.--We notice English school children wearing a range of different sweaters. The boys mostly wore different types of pullovers. This school had sleevless pullovers. Notice the red trim on the sweater which matches the top of the kneesocks. |
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We notice English school children wearing a range of different sweaters. The boys mostly wore different types of pullovers. The two basic styles of sweaters are pullover and cardigan. Boys always wore pullovers or jumpers. Cardigans were worn by the girls, at least by the 1980s. We are less sure about earlier periods. At most schools the girls wore pullovers like the boys. We did not see boys wearing cardigans. TYhe pull-overs came in two different styles, "V" necks amd crew-necks. The crew-necks were all long sleeved. The V-necks came in both long sleeve and sleeve-less styles. The long sleeve styles were the most common. Girls wore the "V" neck sweaters and like the boys wore ties at many schools. The most common jumper for boys became the "V" neck because the open "V" allowed the tie to show. We did not notice girls wearing the sleeveless jumpers, but that was pergps because we mostly saw them at boys' schools. There were, however, some other styles of pullovers. A few schools had jumpers with collars and Rugby-style buttons. We think that this was a style more popular earlier. Several schools had pullovers with a kind of satin shoulder and elbow patch. This seems to have been a military style adapted from the services.
We notice English school children wearing a range of different sweaters. The most common type of school jumper was pull-overs. The two basic styles of sweaters are pullover and cardigan, but pull-overs were by far the most common. Boys always wore pullovers or jumpers. At most schools the girls wore pullovers like the boys. We did not see boys wearing cardigans. The pull-overs came in two different styles, "V" necks amd crew-necks. They were usuaslly worn with ties. The V-necks came in both long sleeve and sleeve-less styles. The long sleeve styles were the most common. Girls wore the "V" neck sweaters and like the boys wore ties at many schools. The most common jumper for boys became the "V" neck because the open "V" allowed the tie to show. We did not notice girls wearing the sleeveless jumpers, but that was perhaps because we mostly saw them at boys' schools. There were, however, some other styles of pullovers. The crew-necks were all long sleeved. They were worn both with asnd without ties. When worn with ties, it was very diffiuklt toseee the tie. A few schools had jumpers with collars and Rugby-style buttons. We think that this was a style more popular earlier. Several schools had pullovers with a kind of satin shoulder and elbow patch. This seems to have been a military style adapted from the services. Schools began adopting these military-style crew-neck cadet jumpers in the 1970s.
The other major type of sweater is the button-up cardigsan. Cardigans were much less commn than pull-overs at British schools. We only saw thm sat a few schools. They were worn by the girls, at least by the 1980s. We are less sure about earlier periods. Even with the girls, pull-overs were more common.
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