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Skirts not too short

Our school was obsessed by the length of our skirts. It had to be below knee level but not as low as the calf. The irony was that our bare legs were perfectly decent in PE when we had to wear gym knickers, leotards or swimming costumes, but not in other lessons 🙄

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BarefootLouise · 31-35, F

Oh my gosh! Yes same here the school was always fussy about the length of our uniform skirt but in PE had no worries about having us run the cross country in our gym knickers.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@BarefootLouise Ridiculous, isn't it? We would actually get into trouble for trying to wear a skirt or shorts over our gym knickers 😥

BarefootLouise · 31-35, F

@SunshineGirl Yes totally ridiculous! Yeah same for me too we'd be told off then told to take off shorts or skirts whether we had gym knickers or regular knickers.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@BarefootLouise Did you have to go in your underwear if you didn't have gym knickers?

BarefootLouise · 31-35, F

@SunshineGirl Yes! Rather embarrassingly especially for the girl that didn't wear regulation uniform knickers 😬

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@BarefootLouise Most undignified 😳

What happened to that girl?

BarefootLouise · 31-35, F

@SunshineGirl Oh the poor thing, she actually got a right scolding from our PE teacher plus a detention as well as the humiliating experience of running around the sports hall in pink knickers.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@BarefootLouise Pink knickers are quite cool, although not necessarily for doing PE in. 🙂 What were regulation knickers in your school?

BarefootLouise · 31-35, F

@SunshineGirl I'd agree pink knickers are cute 😍 but not for PE. Our uniform stipulated navy or white "granny" knickers

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@BarefootLouise We had white briefs as underwear, bottle green gym knickers for PE.

BarefootLouise · 31-35, F

@SunshineGirl Yuck! I hate that shade of green! It was navy gym knickers and white vests for us always with bare feet.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@BarefootLouise Your kit sounds the nicest 🙂 We always had to do PE in bare feet as well.

BarefootLouise · 31-35, F

@SunshineGirl I suppose we all looked smart in our kit plus I guess it was functional.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@BarefootLouise Doing away with shoes and socks is very functional and flexible 🙂

BarefootLouise · 31-35, F

@SunshineGirl Absolutely! Not just for PE but I think schools should allow pupils to attend barefoot if they prefer. Oh and by the way my feet are always bare, I don't own any shoes or socks.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@BarefootLouise That would be fun! 😊 I was at boarding school and I spent a lot of my time in bare feet 🙂

BarefootLouise · 31-35, F

@SunshineGirl Sounds like fun! Did you ever make it to regular lessons barefoot?

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@BarefootLouise Sometimes, but it used to get me into trouble 😕 We had a rule banning footwear in our boarding house and I always took my shoes and socks off as soon as I got back home 🙂

BarefootLouise · 31-35, F

@SunshineGirl Aww that's not nice 😕 In my school we weren't allowed in class barefoot and actually had our footwear confiscated if they were incorrect so I used that loop hole to be without shoes or socks 😅

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@BarefootLouise Funny girl! 😂

We had to work in bare feet for indoor PE, drama and dance, and I often 'forgot' my trainers for outdoors lessons.

In the summer I wore sandals without socks and it was quite easy to slip those off 🙂

BarefootLouise · 31-35, F

@SunshineGirl PE, drama and dance were always done in bare feet for everyone in my school.

The best thing about sandals is they slip off real easily 🙂