Figure 1.--Here we see some of the Farnham Grammar School boys in 1961. All of the boys wear the required school uniform consisting of a blue blazer with the school shield. There was also a school cap with the shield, but the boys are not wearing the cap for the school portrait. |
All of the available information about schoolwear at the Farnham comes from the 20th century. We do not have much information about the school uniform, but some informtion can be deduced from the available photographs. There does not seem to have been any uniform in 1920 other than a suit and tie. Trends varied over time, but a required uniform does not seem to have been introduced until after World War II in 1950. At this time the school seems to have enforced a strict uniform requirement. Enforcement of the uniform standards appears to have declined by the early 1970s just before the Gammar School was converted into a Sixth Form College. Boys at the Farnham Grammar School wore the standard traditional British schoo uniform items. They wire caps, ties, blazers, long strosers, amd short trousers with kneesocks. The styles changed somewhat ove time and for many years there was no required uniform, although there seems to have been a dress code requiring suits or blazers. We have an account from a student at the school describing the various uniform items.
All of the available information about schoolwear at the Farnham comes from the 20th century. We do not have much information about the school uniform, but some informtion can be deduced from the available photographs. There does not seem to have been any uniform in 1920 other than a suit and tie. The ties are the horizontal ties in contrast go the vertical stripes introduced later. A few boys were still wearing Eton coollars. The boys by 1927 are dressed more uniformily, some with crests on their suit jackets. Difficult to tell if it the boys are actually wearing a uniform. A 1937 pportait still shows the boys without a uniform. Several boys are wearing the sports collars without ties. We still see no required uniform in 1948. Some boys still wear sports collars without ties. Many boys wear short pants, but they do not seem go be required as several younger boys wear long pants. We note boys in the 1950s wearing two different uniforms. Some boys wear a light-colored suit, perhaps grey with the school crest. Other boys wear what look likes a black blazer. I'm not sure about the difference, but assume a new uniform was being introduced. There were stripped ties and snake belts. I'm not sure about the colors. I assume that there was a school cap, but have no details. Most grammar schools in the 1950s required caps for the junior boys. It looks like short pants and kneesocks were required for the younger boys, but am sure about the actual rules. By the mid-1960s virtually ll the boys were wearing long pants. Presumably the school had dropped the school rule requiring the junior boys to wear shorts and made it optional. We only see one of the younger boys in 1965 wearing short pants
Boys at the Farnham Grammar School wore the standard traditional British schoo uniform items. They wire caps, ties, blazers, long strosers, amd short trousers with kneesocks. The styles changed somewhat ove time and for many years there was no required uniform, although there seems to have been a dress code requiring suits or blazers. We have an account from a student at the school describing the various uniform items. He tells us, "I was a pupil at Farnham Grammar School for boys, located in Farnham, Surrey, in the 1960s. Although this was a relatively small school in terms of numbers pupils were drawn from neighbouring towns and villages as well as from the Farnham area."
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[The 1950s]
[The 1960s]
[The 1970s]
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