**** me Norman, you are this old? Do you use Oil of Ulay (or Olay as I believe it is now known, and not just in Spain)I found this picture on the internet whilst looking for something else. It reminds me so much of my childhood playing football on the corner of Napier Street and Redcar Road, South Bank. Note all of them are in short trousers and they aren't football shorts.
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Easier to diagnose rickets.what a great photo. Why were short trousers a thing?
Was it economic? - material cost
Was it practicality? - wrecking the bottoms in sh1te
Was it a control mechanism? - keeping the young poor in their place?
I think I was 9 or 10 before I went to school regularly in long trousers and that included the winter.what a great photo. Why were short trousers a thing?
Was it economic? - material cost
Was it practicality? - wrecking the bottoms in sh1te
Was it a control mechanism? - keeping the young poor in their place?
You won't see the Super Bowl if you keep on drinking at this rate.**** me Norman, you are this old? Do you use Oil of Ulay (or Olay as I believe it is now known, and not just in Spain)![]()
Only coffee at this time of the day for me!!You won't see the Super Bowl if you keep on drinking at this rate.![]()
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Same here.I didn’t wear long trousers till I went to secondary school. Unbelievable, really.
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Yeah right.Only coffee at this time of the day for me!!
Sat here working sadlyYeah right.
Have you seen the shoes on him, nothing is getting past them.Terrible positioning from the keeper there
Have you seen the shoes on him, nothing is getting past them.![]()
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He must be from Grangetown, they all went to school dressed in Army surplus, that brings me round to this little story.Very sneaky, playing in his dad’s size 10 work shoes![]()
NC I was brought up in Grangetown as I’ve explained before, a few doors away from Rip and his family. Mick was more my age. I was in short trousers in fist year in secondary school. Never bothered me until the older girls started to take the xxxx! I begged my mother to get some long trousers. It didn’t take me long to scuff the knees out of them. That’s why she kept me in shorts as long as she didHe must be from Grangetown, they all went to school dressed in Army surplus, that brings me round to this little story.![]()
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I was once in The Cleveland Bay, Eston and a bloke (Rip McElvaney) was telling people how he had to go to school dressed in army clothes.
Another bloke replies most kids went dressed in army surplus after the war, it was the norm.
Yes, he replies, but it was no fun going dressed as a Japanese General.
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I know or knew all the lads and used to regularly have a pint with Mick. Rip was a funny man and John was always the quiet one out of them. One my favourite stories about them was when Brian was working away with Rip and staying in digs.NC I was brought up in Grangetown as I’ve explained before, a few doors away from Rip and his family. Mick was more my age. I was in short trousers in fist year in secondary school. Never bothered me until the older girls started to take the xxxx! I begged my mother to get some long trousers. It didn’t take me long to scuff the knees out of them. That’s why she kept me in shorts as long as she did![]()