Do you wear knickers in bed?

Forgot to say - does anyone remember Liberty Bodices? I was forced to wear one for years and it wasn't until I was at secondary school that I was allowed to leave it off.

I was practically traumatised for life just by the mere appearance of one. I was about to start secondary school and was suddenly hauled into Woolies by my mother. Luckily for me, the sales assistant (goodness, they must have still had them!) said that they didn't have one in my size, they didn't have a very big stock because there was no longer much call for them. I looked at the thick ugly garment and was so relieved. We bought two new white vests with little pink bows at the neck instead. Phew.

Lucky you, Lupatria, only having to wear a liberty bodice at primary school, I was forced to wear mine for several years at grammar school . I suppose I should be grateful that it wasn't one with suspenders dangling from the hem! Luckily I discovered that it was easy to hide in the toilet when changing for Games!
I still won't wear a vest to this day, due to the trauma!

I was also another who was made to wear a roll-on to 'support the abdominal muscles', when I was stick thin. Wore it with very thick ugly tights. Ugh! I hated them!

My friend had to wear his sister's cast offs, including liberty bodices.
When i went to grammar school aged 11 my mother was worried about the draughty sheds which housed this elite institution. I was therefore made to wear STRING VESTS - the ones with big holes - beneath my shirt, triple thickness gym slip and wooden blazer.
We have argued about which of us suffered the worst underwear embarrassment.

I bet that wooden blazer kept the draughts out though, Jess!

shysal I was forced to wear a liberty bodice at junior school and a roll on with suspenders attached at my next school. Tights were not around then.

Lisle stockings were, though, Charleygirl - awful!!

A group of Norah Batty schoolgirls (is there a collective name for that?)

Ana

Oh good grief, roll ons! All mine did was to roll itself down (and up if I wasn't wearing stockings, which was frequently the case as I hated them) so I ended up with a highly constricting ring around my waist or bum.....

Why on earth did our mothers think it would 'support our abdominal muscles'?Secretly I think they saw them as some form of chastity belt , not that I, as a convent schoolgirl, would know anything about them!

I can't stop laughing at the wooden blazer!

When I first had a suspender belt, I didn't know that it did up at the back so spent ages sitting on the thingies that hold up the stockings.

I liked the liberty bodices, cosy,but only wore one up to the age 11, after that, just a little vest, worn with a roll on and lisle stockings to go to grammar school.I was a thin little girl, but all girls wore them, thin or otherwise.I think my leather satchell weighed more than I did.

You weren't the only one kittyl
No wonder the bl...y things were so despised by me, then and now!

No, only wear cozy wozy pyjamas in bed. At school many years ago in Primary 1 during the Wintertime I wore a liberty bodice. It had rubber buttons with metal clips dangling from tape and I had black thick stockings that were held up by these suspenders. Well when I went to the toilet I always managed to wet the top of my left stocking! It seemed to go in the wrong direction! I was mortified and still remember that very clearly! Outside freezing toilets of course. Oh these were the days and I hated every minute!

to this day because I don't know whether knickers were worn under a suspender belt or over the top.......
My education was clearly very lacking!

Panties over surrender belt so you can take your panties down when nature calls.

Ooh rascal a surrender belt, how risky!! Are you sure?

Oh ha ha annsixty I blame predictive text! Oh yes a surrender belt sounds useful though! A good excuse to blame the belt! He he!

How underwear has changed. Liberty bodices, suspender belts and those red long johns in the 60s.

Have had to correct a few Kindle predictive text specials.

I never realised anyone wore knickers in bed until I was talking to a friend who used to have American children staying with her. Apparently they always wore underwear under pj s and nighties. Can any American grans confirm if this is a cultural thing or were they just doing it to be polite visitors?

Rosequartz I could not remember the name of the lisle stockings. Mine were grey to go with the grey blouse and dusky blue tunic. Those stockings were horrendous, especially if like me you do not have perfect legs. Mine used to wrinkle around my ankles- so becoming. Luckily I was at a convent so I was never seen outside.

That's interesting Purpledaffodil my two oldest grandsons always wear pants under their pyjamas. I've never actually queried it but their father is American so perhaps it is just something they do.

I'm an American and I don't think it's a cultural thing. I think it's more about modesty and practicality. Pajamas can be washed less often.

Charleygirl the school I went to change the policy and allowed us to wear 60 denier stockings after I'd been there a year
So becoming!

Everything had to be loose and long so I ended up wearing the same clothes from the age of 11 until I left at 17. You can imagine what I looked like at both ages. My parents could not afford to buy me new clothes so they were a tad tight fitting when I left. Second hand clothes were out of the question- the new clothes could only be bought in one very expensive shop in Edinburgh.

I'm waiting for one of the Gransnet grandfathers to join this thread