And some got caught. And at our second weekly assembly for the term, the headmaster made a long speech about the importance of wearing the uniform properly and anyone who didn’t wear it properly on their way to and from school would be severely punished.
A couple of days later it was hot for the time of year.
Now I lived an unusual distance from the school – most boys lived reasonably locally, or at the very least on the nearby train line.
Not me – I had about a half-mile walk to the bus stop after school and then had to catch a bus to a train station, then a train then another bus to get home.
Nobody else from the school lived in the same suburb I did.
Now under normal circumstances, I would have followed the rules.