I Am Nico
master brummie
Sorry the Mac keeps changing things when I send stuff. Second word school should read shoes. We stood out but we never won anything , second place maybe. Great fun though. No one was allowed to wear make up to school unlike now, long hair was tied up, with navy or blue ribbon, nothing else, no bobbles or slides, were permitted no boys' hair must touch their collar , no bright socks, for not adhering to these things we were caned late 60s and seventies. We had to look smart. Though some could not afford to. They were segregated mostly to the school annexe! I was told by older children if their beret was off kilter they got caned I don't know if this was true. We used to rebel and try and get different styles and shades of pullover but in the school colours but not designated for the pullover colour, or not wear a blazer, pull out trousers down over our red socks, which is hard when they are already too short, . Girls had to wear a skirt or a pinafore dress, No trousers. No tights or stockings till you were 15 unless they were exceptionally tall. No coloured bras! No jewellery except sleepers and only on the ears. How times change