Did you ever wish you could wear trousers to school instead of skirts?

Ours were lined and from the prescribed square shops but we still hitched them up once out of sight. It wasn’t a good look …

I went to an all girls secondary school in the late 70s. We were allowed to wear either a skirt, or trousers as part of the uniform. I was always a girlie girl, but preferred to wear trousers, especially in the cold weather!

I wore skirts but it didn’t bother me, I didn’t turn into a girlie girl until I entered my teens as I found dolls, prams and all that very boring. Glad I didn’t have parents who thought I should have been a boy, as I developed quite a liking for them.

I would have loved to wear trousers to school, our school was on the coast and in the winter the classrooms were freezing.

The only trousers that were part of the uniform at my school, were thin cotton trousers worn by some of the Asian girls, worn under the regulation skirt.

I can't remember wearing or ever wanting to wear trousers once I'd grown out of the tartan trews I had when I was about 4 until hotpants came on the scene right at the end of the 60s, closely followed by velvet loons.

I seem to live in them now (trousers, not hotpants or loons).

I never even thought about it - I was in school 70s/80s. My daughter’s yr 6 and not keen to wear them as she finds them uncomfy.

Georgesgran

It was never an option at my all girl grammar school in the ‘60s. We had a strict uniform policy that had to be adhered to, which meant tunics in Winter and gingham dresses in Summer, always with a blazer and a seasonal hat.
My DDs education spanned 87 - 2001 and trousers for girls were not allowed.

Same here, and yes, same for my daughters too, they weren’t allowed trousers at all.

We weren't allowed trousers under any circumstance, but it didn't stop me wishing for different times. It was unheard of to wear trousers to school unless you were a boy. I didn't want to be a boy, but I really envied them wearing trousers.

We weren't allowed trousers under any circumstances
Nor for me. During the Big Freeze in 1963, I was in primary school and one day I was sent in wearing a pair of woollen "trews" that my GM had made for me. It was bitterly cold in the school classrooms but I was immediately told to go and change. Because I had nothing else to change into, I had to take them off and wear my coat all day. Bare legs until home time!

Oh no! Brrr! That's miserable Chewbacca!