Figure 1.--Here we see Scottish children in the 1950s or early 60s wearing closed toe-sandals. We see quite a feww Scottish children wearing the double-strap style. Notice the girls wears white socks with sandals while the boys wear grey socks. |
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We have just begun to develop information on the sandals worn by Scottish boys. As in England they were a popular school style. We have developed some chronological information. We notice Scottish boys commonly wearing sandals in the 1930s. They may have begun earlier, but our information is still limited. A good example is a family of brothers in 1932. We continue to see Scottish boys wearing sandals in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. We think that they were also widely worn in the 1940s. Here we see children in the 1950s (figure 1). We also note that school sandals were common in the 1960s. A good example is the St. Peter's school. Our chronology is incomplete at this time as our archive is still limited. We note Scottlish chikldren, both boys and girls, commonly wearing sandals to school. They were worn by children from all social classes. This was similar to fashion trends in England. The "T"-strap school sandal was the most common style, but we see quite a few children also wearing the twin-strap style. Actually the twin-strap style may have been more popular in Scotland than England, but we are not yet positive about this. We are also not sure about the colors worn. Sandals appear to have been both a school and play style. Children worn them with both ankle and kneesocks. Girls commonly wore them with white socks, but this was not common with boys.
We have just begun to develop information on the sandals worn by Scottish boys. As in England they were a popular school style. They were also worn for play, but much of the information we have collected shows them being worn by school children. Sandals appear to have been both a school and play style.
We have developed some chronological information. Our chronology, however, is incomplete at this time as our archive is still limited.We notice Scottish boys commonly wearing sandals in the 1930s. They may have begun earlier, but our information is still limited. A good example is a family of brothers in 1932. We continue to see Scottish boys wearing sandals in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. We think that they were also widely worn in the 1940s. Here we see children in the 1950s (figure 1). We also note that school sandals were common in the 1960s. A good example is the St. Peter's school. We continue to note sandals at school in the 1980s, but less commonly than before.
We note Scottlish chikldren, both boys and girls, commonly wearing sandals to school.
They were worn by children from all social classes. This was similar to fashion trends in England. We notice that after about the 1980s that sandals became increasingly associate with private schools which would thus begin to give them a look of the more affluent sector od society.
The "T"-strap school sandal was the most common style, but we see quite a few children also wearing the twin-strap style. The image here shows styles of sandals wore to school (figure 1). The popularity of the different styles has changed over time. The double strap style declined in popularity and the wide center strap style looking more like a shoe brcame more popular in the 1970s. Actually the twin-strap style may have been more popular in Scotland than England, but we are not yet positive about this. br>
We are also not sure about the colors worn in many early images because of the black and white photographt of the time. As color photograph becomes more common in the 1970s we begin to acquire more information. We see boys mostly wearing brown sandals, but there were different colors, including true brown, tan, and an oxblood color with a redish hue. We also notice sandals done in dark navy blue, but they were less common. Sandals were also done in other colors for very young children, but these were not commonly worn to school.
Children worn them with both ankle and kneesocks. Girls commonly wore them with white socks, but this was not common with boys. The school image here is a good exampleof this (figure 1).
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