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30/8/2012 at 6:25pm
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My sons new school has also become an academy this year. They are giving years 8 to 10 12 months before the new uniform becomes compulsory for them. Supplies of the old uniform are not being ordered so there is only what is in circulation and the second hand shop they have in school.
Aparently the pupils chose the uniform ! Its a blue blazer with school badge embriodered on it, a clip on tie, grey trousers which only M&S, sainsbury, local school shop and online shop sell the correct colour grey, however the white shirts, and black socks can be bought from anywhere.
All in all I bet the whole uniform has cost so far of £100, thats not including trainers, football boots, bag, pens, pencils, usm stick and all the other bits and bobs I have bought for him.
Local school shop is having an issue with their suppliers not giving them a delivery date for the school sportswear which I think is really bad service from a supplier of school wear (not the shop). If I was the shop I'd be on the phone everyday until I got a date.
Anyway now just waiting. Got to get son some other trousers as the ones from the local school shop are too big - so off to sainsbury's ans M&S at weekend to get some to last a few months!
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31/8/2012 at 11:52am
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Quote: Originally posted by fran1000 on 30/8/2012
Quote: Originally posted by Xantippe on 30/8/2012
We had an embroidered badge on my blazer pocket when I was at school 50+ years ago, the blazer could only be bought from one expensive specialist shop. My mother bought the first one and then just took the pocket off and sewed it onto the next one. The blazer alone cost a weeks wages.
I was thinking just same, Xantippe. We not only had to buy a hideously expensive blazer, but the school specified the width of the stripes round neck and cuffs of the pullover so you couldn't knit your own. I remember my mum complaining that the jumper and enamelled metal badge to go on the school hat cost a week's wages. And we had a summer uniform that couldn't even be bought - you had to buy the fabric and get a dressmaker to make the dresses! We also had to have indoor and outdoor shoes (!) and the games kit included different skirts for tennis, netball and hockey, plus hockey stick and boots and tennis racquet. Needless to say, this was completely wasted on me as I was rubbish at games and by the 3rd form (year 9, I think), I had opted out in favour of skulking behind the pavilion smoking fags with the other bad girls.
Our summer dresses could be bought and they were in your house colours, as was the hat band. My Mum could have sewn a dress for me if she could have got the material. We also had an enamelled hat badge. We had a straw summer hat but it wasn't compulsory so I never had one. We had aertex gym shirts and shorts, hockey boots, plimsolls and I had spikes as a runner. That was just an excuse not to do tennis as the running track was the other side of the building to the tennis courts. All the stuff was very expensive probably more so than today really as wages were so low. I remember being told I couldn't wear my duffle coat because it wasn't the school coat and had a hood with a tartan lining. I didn't have a choice as it was wear the coat or be cold. My parents couldn't afford another coat. I made sure the hood lining was hidden when I went past the Heads office on the way to school.
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But in general they expected to add at least 25% on and talking to the suppliers some school will double the price.
