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During the 1950s uniforms were exceedingly popular around the world. The Boy
Scouts of America alone had more than 3 million uniformed members. The
communist Young Pioneers were all but compulsory in the Soviet Block countries
and China, which leads to an estimate of 10s of millions of uniformed members.
School uniforms dominated the British Isles with the famous prop school short
pants, tie, and peaked cap still worn in Australia and New Zealand. Of course
church sponsored schools also mandated uniforms, which may have had millions of
boys in uniform. Of course, organized sports uniformed millions of more boys in
uniforms. We see all kinds of different uniforms or cistumes in the 1950s. The best know are Scout and other youth group uniforms. Natioanlist groups disappear, but the Communists seizing control in many countries adopted both school uniforms and Young Pioneer uniforms. Costumes were wiorn for religious ceremonies. There wee also olay costumes involving uniforms. And a number of countries adopted school uniforms. They were esoecially common in Britain. Few countries ion the continenty had uniforms, except in the Communist countries. Sveral countries did have smocks.
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