Such a laugh this thread. Got home from school one day, when I was probably 11 or 12, to find my step mother livid. Someone had stolen laundry from the washing line, but only 'us girls' big, (navy blue) thick cotton, unattractive, school knickers! Obviously a 'perv' in the neighbourhood but it was back in the days when you didn't immediately ring the local bobby! Think we had to wear our gym kit under our skirts until she was able to buy new knickers. My school skirts were just on the knee. Used to walk around the corner, check the coast was clear, then turn the waistband over and over until it was a mini skirt! Ooh, gone all misty eyed. Those were the days.