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We are not sure this is the name of the school, but English schools were often known by the name of the street they were on. (Streets in England tend to be shorter than in America.) A HBC reader writes, "My father was born in 1913 and was educated at an elementary school off of the New Kings Road, Fulham, London. Such schools were often divided into three parts – the youngest boys and girls mixed together and then the older boys and girls educated in separate classes. This usually entailed a three-floored building with the infants on the ground floor, the girls in the middle and the boys on the top floor and separate playgrounds. The photograph shows my father’s class when he was aged 12 in 1925 so leads me to suspect that it was taken in early autumn as his birthday was late August. There was no formal uniform but pupils were expected to “dress up” as my recently deceased aunt described it. A study of the photo shows that this would mean different things to different families according to social and economic background particularly with so many war orphans at the time. Even the school tie is not in use by all of the boys. Short trousers were universal at that age and remained so for decades to come as I know myself. Otherwise it appears to be everything ranging from three-piece suits to rough shorts and working pullovers. The boy expected to cause most problems during the exposure has been kept under gentle control at the rear left but in the fourth row one boy has manage to blur his face by looking around." Botice how popular the horizontal stripe ties were. We are guessing that these boys all had school caps, but atr not wearing them for the portrait. Also notice all the badges the boys are wearing in their lapels. These would mostly be awards won at the school for various academic achievements or service like helping at the library. Perhaps our Broitish readers will know more about such badges.
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]
