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Caps and Badges

Caps, Badges, Ties and Scarfs.
SCHOOL CAP Mine is a replacement that was only bought weeks before they became defunct (See below). Before I photographed it I sat on it in the time honoured way to get the correct peak shape. For fitting in 1st year we all lined up in Fraz's office under the stairs where the caps were kept in boxes of different sizes. Not weraring the cap was a detention offence and over zealous sadistic teachers like Knight would wait at the school gate and not let you off the premises without the cap. On one occasion in 1962/63 virtually the entire boys prefects were in Saturday morning detention for not wearing their caps complete with yellow tassles. Photo and caption from Geof Carter.
000_0179 		School Scarf - Version 1. Photo from Geoff Carter
mem27 		SCHOOL SCARF Introduced in Sept 1964 and called a wrap not a scarf by GBD Gray. The scarf is the school colour of green with the thre house colours of Soar (blue), Derwent (red) & Trent (yellow). When the scarf came in there was an option not to wear the school cap if you purchased the wrap, an obvious attempt to boost sales as they were sold through the school. Caption and photo from Geoff Carter.
000_0180 		School Tie and Sixth Form Tie. Photo from Geoff Carter.
mem28 		Close up of the Sixth Form Tie. Photo from Geoff Carter
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Dear John Hopefully I'm not becoming a bore. I've looked through memorabilia and seen photos of scarfs, ties and prefect badges. However, I cannot find any recording of the school badge worn so proudly on on our jackets. Fortunately I cut mine off my jacket before its life ended and hey presto find its image attached. perhaps it can be added to Memorabilia? All the best Andre McRobie.
legsam-02 		Caption from Adrian Otsa: Just added this item to my collection of old school memorabilia after seeing it on eBay (believe it or not I had to fight off some stiff last minute counter bidding to get this item!!!) I believe it's circa 1921 and as you can see refers to the old school name (Long Eaton County Secondary School) which I understand existed from 1914 until 1944(?) -it does however bear the familiar school motto. Adrian. So who else was bidding for this on ebay? John
legsao-c0_2 		Prefects badge from 1957 - photographed by John Panton.
legsjp-img_0147 		Prefects Badge Circa 1973. From Adrian Otsa.
mem36 		And again, this time in colour but not so clear. Prefects Badge Circa 1973. From Adrian Otsa.
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