YOUR SCHOOL DAYS might be a distant memory, but we bet these primary school uniform reminders aren’t…
1. Shoes like these
Ah velcro. Helping children avoid learning to tie their laces since the 1950s.
2. Or these
So sensible and practical.
3. When you were really coveting these
4. The foot measuring thing
One new pair of shoes and one new pair of runners every year.
5. Taking your tie off over your head
You didn’t learn to tie it yourself until at least third class.
6. Or having an elasticated tie
The ultimate in sophistication.
7. Wearing jumpers/skirts/trousers three sizes too big
“Sure she’ll grow into that pinafore”.
8. Jumpers for goalposts
9. These socks
10. Grass stains after big lunch
Shouting “TO WHELAN” or “TO HOUGHTON” before you kicked the ball and going in for a sliding tackle.
11. Yoghurt stains on everything
Those pesky Petits Filous.
12. Being allowed to wear your tracksuit all day on PE day
That lovely fleecy, elasticated waistband heaven.
13. Trying to get away with wearing your tracksuit every other day
14. Wearing slippers in school
Maybe your school had a fancy new floor, or maybe you were in the pre-tracksuit era when slippers were an acceptable substitute for runners.
15. Taking off your uniform the second you got home
16. Or leaving it on and risking the wrath of your mother
17. How you felt on no uniform day
And there was always one football fanatic who would come in in a full Ireland strip, shin pads and all.
