Sports Day!

Do you remember the old school sports days? Sun shining and fellow students and parents all gathered around chanting and cheering as you ran in the egg and spoon race, wheelbarrow race or a three legged run. Ha barefeet on the cool prickly fresh cut grass playing fields, going to school in your PE kit.

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

Blimey, that was a long time ago for me! :-) Around six decades in fact.

I never participated but the sack, wheelbarrow, three-legged and egg-&-spoon races were events in only the Infants' and perhaps, lower Primary, School sports-days.

We all wore plimsolls too, for PE generally.

Ross19 · 31-35, M

@ArishMell Yeah was all activities done in primary school for me too and in our regular kit which included bare feet.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Ross19 I'd never heard of PE in bare feet until reading various reminiscences of it on here!

Ross19 · 31-35, M

@ArishMell Really? I thought it was quite common. Perhaps its a generation thing or even location but for me in 90s England PE was done barefoot and that was just the norm

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Ross19 Location probably. I've no idea how common it was but perhaps it was a matter for individual schools. I was at school in the 1950s-60s.

Ross19 · 31-35, M

@ArishMell A mix of both although I do remember reading accounts from people who were at school in the 60s that did PE and even cross country barefoot

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Ross19 Quite a number of people on SW say similarly, so it seems to have been pretty common.