The old school tie
We went to the Kenton School last lesson yesterday, along with hundreds of others. It was an upbeat occasion, very professionally organised and full of smiles. All over the building there were shrieks of recognition, as ad-hoc mini reunions happened. Even people who didn’t know each other were sharing recollections.
The evening performance was also very good, but it didn’t flow as well as it could due to overlong breaks between some of the numbers whilst the stage management happened. In the interval there was wine and strawberries & the VI Formers were selling off old school ties for £1 each. I still have my own VI form one at home (which has a red Prefect stripe) but David was happy to wear one loosely.
Lots more to come…
Do high school kids still wear ties in the UK? We girls all wore them too when I was in high school but they don’t at my old school any more. I went to St George Girls High School so it was red and white stripes. Sadly I don’t have a tie still.
Comment by jmb — July 13, 2008 @ 6:51 pm
No JMB, ties are uncommon now, apart from private schools with traditional uniforms. Polo Shirts are often the norm these days.
Comment by Shades — July 13, 2008 @ 7:17 pm