Figure 1.--This photograph of the III Form was taken in 1940. This was during World War II. It looks like some of the boys are wearing their gas mask bags. The boys are mostly wearing their school blazers with short trousers. The girls are wearing white socks instead of long stockings as in the 1930s. |
A portrait at the school during World war II shows the girls wearing similar dresses but with short white socks instead of dark long stockings. We also note girls wearing gym frocks which appears to have been a seasonalm uniform. Some of the girls wear the school blazer with their dresses. The boys are wearing the same dark blazers. More boys are wearing ties, but it is stull not a requirement. A photograph of a III Form class shows the boys wearing short trousers. I'm not sure if that was a school requirement. Some boys have shoulder straps. I think that might be their gas mask bags. Regulations required Britons to carry their gas masks, but once at school the children did not have to carry them on the school grounds. Apparently some of the boys were not taking any chances. When the new school building was first opened in 1922 there were only a small number of girls. Here there seem to be roughly comparable numbers of girls and boys. We also note boys wearing suits rather than the school blazer.
A portrait at the school during World war II shows the girls wearing similar dresses but with short white socks instead of dark long stockings (figure 1). Some of the girls wear the school blazer with their dresses. The boys are wearing the same dark blazers. More boys are wearing ties, but it is stull not a requirement. A photograph of a III Form class shows the boys wearing short trousers. I'm not sure if that was a school requirement. Some boys have shoulder straps. I think that might be their gas mask bags. Regulations required Britons to carry their gas masks, but once at school the children did not have to carry them on the school grounds. Apparently some of the boys were not taking any chances. When the new school building was first opened in 1922 there were only a small number of girls. Here there seem to be roughly comparable numbers of girls and boys.
A photograph from 1948 shows Form IIIb. The boys are wearing suits rather than blazers like the ones worn before and during the early years of World War II. They all look to be wearing short pants suits. Most boys wear ties. The girls are wearing gym frocks. In earlier portraits there are girls wearing both dresses and gym frocks. We are not sure, but this may have been a seasonal uniform.
Related Chronolgy Pages in the Boys' Historical Web Site
[The 1880s]
[The 1930s]
[The 1940s]
[The 1950s]
[The 1960s]
[The 1970s]
[The 1980s]
Related Style Pages in the Boys' Historical Web Site
[Long pants suits]
[Short pants suits]
[Socks]
[Eton suits]
[Jacket and trousers]
[Blazer]
[School sandals]
