Posted by Alan Hakim on 10/13/99 from asn4-156.mcmail.com:
In Reply to: Re: Girls'clothes in AR posted by Robert Dilley on October 12, 1999 at 19:47:11:
I too was at school during the time AR was writing. We certainly knew the word "knickerbockers", though I'm uncertain if we used it. Quite probably it was the word in the list of necessary clothing issued to parents.
We definitely wore "stockings" in winter. Thick grey socks coming up nearly to the knee, with the top turned over an elastic garter.
And yes, this put me off shorts for life. I can remember my first pair of long trousers at age 11, for special occasions only.