U is for Uniforms

When my mother attended the Liverpool Blue Coat School for Orphans and Fatherless Children from 1937 to 1940, they were required to wear really dreadful uniforms for church, special occasions and anytime they went off the school grounds (which wasn't often.).

When we visited the school in 2012, they were dedicating a new school flag and two current students donned the uniforms for the event.

Here they are:

Aren't those uniforms dreadful??? We asked the kids what they thought of the uniforms and the young man said, "It's awfully ITCHY!!"