Skirts were turned over & over at the waist to make them shorter. We had to wear horrible brogue type shoes so we had a spare pair of heeled shoes in our bags for travelling to & from school. Ties came off at the school gate & buttons to our shirts were undone. We had awful velour hats so we scrunched them up & pinned them to the back of our heads. The summer hats were straw boaters which we wore right over our eyes.
I cannot begin to remember how many detentions I got for these rebellious acts but they were worth it. As we had to learn lines from Shakespeare at detention I have an amazing number of quotes I can still remember!
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