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Fjgrogan wrote:How about fridge magnets?

We hadone wth the legend "I still miss my husband but my aim is improving"

midget wrote:

Fjgrogan wrote:How about fridge magnets?

We hadone wth the legend "I still miss my husband but my aim is improving"

Take an old bag shopping is one of those on my fridge

Perhaps this needs a new thread? 'Lead us not into temptation ..... just show me the way and I shall find it for myself' - or something similar is on my daughter Kirri's fridge. And on mine 'Hang onto your old husband - he may come back into fashion'.

postwarblue wrote:While we are buttoning,

1. When did Grecians start wearing plaques with buttons? In 1954 when you got your buttons, you handed in your RMS plaque.

It was only RMS plaques. Other plaques (there are quite a few) could be kept. This had historical reasons: Grecians were in the "Grammar School", RMS boys by definition were not. Hence if an RMS boy (exceptionally) became a Grecian, he had to leave the RMS and surrender his plaque.
Can RMS plaques be worn with a Grecian's coat now? (What postwarblue says was certainly true till the mid-60s).

On the subject of buttons, when I was negotiating with Mrs J. about a best coat in 1962, she told me a Grecian's coat cost 30 pounds. That would be about 500-600 in today's terms. Does anyone know what they actually cost now?

More anecdotes:
CMES in one of his Thursday morning assemblies issued a fatwa against boys leaving coat buttons undone (for ease of access to the inside breast pocket). This was especially conspicuous, he said, with those boys "privileged to wear Grecians' buttons". (laughter) (It was quite usual for Grecians to leave four buttons undone.)

In November 1962, it was rumoured that the SG was about to issue an instruction that boys were to wear their poppies in the third buttonhole down (apparently some wags had been putting theirs in their bottom button). This gave rise to some facetious talk among us Grecians about where we were to wear ours. When the instruction was published, we were frankly infuriated to read that it was to be worn by Grecians in (I think) the 7th buttonhole down. I think we all tacitly agreed to use the 6th or the 8th, in protest against the SG's ridiculous pomposity.

sejintenej wrote: Take an old bag shopping

You mean this one?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picture ... ml?image=6

Ajarn Philip wrote:

sejintenej wrote: Take an old bag shopping

You mean this one?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picture ... ml?image=6

P-R-I-C-E-L-E-S-S !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buttons and match-sticks !

Now, there's a memory !! What a saving on sewing and thread !

michael scuffil wrote:
On the subject of buttons, when I was negotiating with Mrs J. about a best coat in 1962, she told me a Grecian's coat cost 30 pounds. That would be about 500-600 in today's terms. Does anyone know what they actually cost now?

An ordinary Housey coat costs £112 while a Button Grecians coat costs £148. Obviously the costs of these hasn't kept in line with inflation. (Luckily!)

Barnes Mum wrote:

michael scuffil wrote:
On the subject of buttons, when I was negotiating with Mrs J. about a best coat in 1962, she told me a Grecian's coat cost 30 pounds. That would be about 500-600 in today's terms. Does anyone know what they actually cost now?

An ordinary Housey coat costs £112 while a Button Grecians coat costs £148. Obviously the costs of these hasn't kept in line with inflation. (Luckily!)

I'm amazed. In 1962, you could get a suit for 10 pounds; a similar quality today would set you back at least 150. Are Grecians' coats still made to measure from "superior blue kersey"?

Can I just add that my son has an extra button on his shoulder as he is a drum major

Would that be to anchor a sash, perhaps? When I first met my husband he was drum major with the local Sea Cadet band - I spent a lot of time trailing around various band competitions, parades, carnivals etc. One year he accidentally won 'Best Drum Major' in the London Area - I say accidentally because he was overage and totally unaware that someone had entered his name; of course he had to surrender the prize to the runner-up!

Sorry --- but I cannot resist ----- " In my day" --- All uniforms were FREE, as were socks shoes, underwear --- need I go on (NO !)


When I lived in S. Africa, my elder Son had a T shirt, which read "When God made Man --- she was only joking !"
I have always liked that one ! ---- possible fridge magnet ?

NEILL THE NOTORIOUS wrote:Sorry --- but I cannot resist ----- " In my day" --- All uniforms were FREE, as were socks shoes, underwear --- need I go on (NO !)

The Housey uniform is still provided free to the children. They do now provide their own shoes but coat, shirts, bands, skirt/breeches and socks are all still provided by the school.

Do you know Frances, I have no idea about the sash though the button is on the right shoulder so it could well be for that purpose; I will ask at leave weekend.

I'm sure your husband was a fine drum major

As for the uniform - it's all free until the little darlings lose it and then the bands do not come cheap and everything has to be dry cleaned at half term/end of term. At the end of the summer term my children went on the band tour to Germany and brought all their uniform home with them to be cleaned/washed. Did anyone else know that if you wash the yellow stocking things with anything else dark then they go green

Momto2 wrote:Did anyone else know that if you wash the yellow stocking things with anything else dark then they go green

At least he'll be easy to spot when he's marching!