General Chat
Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!
- The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
- You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
- And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
- The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.
Quick Search
Single word search
Icons
- New posts
- No new posts
- Thread closed
- Stickied, new posts
- Stickied, no new posts
Okay girls, 'Fess' up
Profile | Posted by | Options | Post Date |
---|---|---|---|
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 3 Jul 2014 00:19 |
How many of you turned the waistband of your school skirt over, to make it shorter? |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
AnnCardiff | Report | 3 Jul 2014 00:46 |
not able to do that - wore a gymslip :-( :-( :-( |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
LadyScozz | Report | 3 Jul 2014 00:51 |
Gymslip for me too....... horrible itchy navy thing with big box pleats. |
|||
|
LadyScozz | Report | 3 Jul 2014 03:13 |
Some girls shortened their gym slips by using a circle of elastic! They wore larger than normal school jumpers over the top, to disguise the bulge. |
|||
|
Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 3 Jul 2014 04:59 |
I did that but only when I was older as for the first few years at senior school we had to wear a sort of pinafore dress with a cross over front. I got told off once for wearing one of those elastic belts, do you remember them with the metal clasps that interlocked? |
|||
|
DIZZI | Report | 3 Jul 2014 09:34 |
YES I DID IT EVERYDAY |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Allan | Report | 3 Jul 2014 09:49 |
I still turn mine up ;-) :-D :-D :-D |
|||
|
Kay???? | Report | 3 Jul 2014 10:02 |
:-D :-D @ Allan,,,,,, |
|||
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 3 Jul 2014 10:13 |
We wore gymslips for year 7 & 8 -but after that, I did, even though I probably didn't have the legs for it. However, as soon as I walked through the school gate, the skirt was 'proper' length |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Sharron | Report | 3 Jul 2014 10:25 |
It could be an early lesson in taking responsibility for their own safety. |
|||
|
Persephone | Report | 3 Jul 2014 10:32 |
A lot of ours have instead decided to wear extra long skirts, down below mid-calf. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 3 Jul 2014 10:46 |
I agree, Sharron, they are responsible for their own safety whilst waiting for the bus, but making their skirts shorter is hardly a 'come on' is it? It would make little difference to a predator. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Sharron | Report | 3 Jul 2014 10:58 |
But they might as well have warm legs at the same time. |
|||
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 3 Jul 2014 11:45 |
Hmm, but if we all have to live life so Percy Pervo can control his urges, wouldn't it be best if all females wore clothes that totally covered them? |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") | Report | 3 Jul 2014 11:50 |
nope not me i never were skirts not even now |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Sharron | Report | 3 Jul 2014 12:05 |
Not all men are Percy Pervo. |
|||
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 3 Jul 2014 12:38 |
I see what you mean, Sharron, which is why I asked who shortened their school skirt. It seems a bit of a 'rite of passage'. Girls becoming aware etc. Boys take their shirts off etc. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
LadyScozz | Report | 3 Jul 2014 13:31 |
How many of you had to wear a very unflattering beret? Or a really ugly summer straw hat? |
|||
|
AnninGlos | Report | 3 Jul 2014 13:34 |
I don't think girls as young as 12 see it as being different, I think it is just a case of following the pack/fashion. Remember when I was in my 20s the fashion went from mini to midi to maxi and all girls seemed to follow it. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
JoyBoroAngel | Report | 3 Jul 2014 13:46 |
Yeah I own up I did this all the time :-D :-D |
|||
Researching: |