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photo shows Robert Lomax, aged 11 in his
school uniform in 1942. This got the
editor thinking about his first days at
PGS in the early sixties and the
pleasures and perils of short trousers! The
Prescotian invites your memories of this
rite of male passage that no longer
exists today! |
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My first year at
PGS was spent in short grey flannel
trousers and that was the norm. As the
school year went on, some boys progressed
into the longed-for long trousers. Short
trousers were great in the summer at
primary school and who can forget the
elastic belt with snake shaped buckle! At
primary, we did not know any better. Then
we arrived in St.Helens Road as 'newts'.
As if we did not stand out enough, we
wore our own clues to 'newtdom', short
trousers. How I pleaded with my parents
to no avail. I suppose the 'want not,
waste not' mentality of the war was still
a prevalent force.All those cold winter
days going home with chapped inner
thighs! Eventually in my second year, my
parents tooks me to Liverpool for my
first pair of school long trousers at
Lewis'. Even then, they held sway and i
was denied 'drainpipes' nad had to make
do with oversize [you'll grow into them!]
baggy trews! [Trevor Powell] |
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