Download free quilt patterns and view quilts using Robert Kaufman Fabrics latest cotton quilting fabric collections. Old Photo Burnley Grammar School. Childhood Schools. Year 1. 95. 9         Item 1. Views 4. 92,8. 14         Comments 1,6. Image scaled down from 8. Click the image to view the original. Theres pleny of room in the modern styled gymnasium for muscle developing, where the boys are supervised by Mr. Foremost. R. Parry, the physical education instruction. Source Lancashire Life Magazine, December 1. BackComments by Peter B on 6th December 2. William. I agree thats the way it was in he 6. We all got used to showering together. As you say by the age of 1. In those days I recall you the pe shorts had to last for several years. Parents could not afford to buy new ones very often. Also re showers as others say if a teacher was present we took no notice. He was just there to keep order and obviously was not going to do anything untoward when there were a crowd of lads together. Comments by Robert Goldsmith on 4th December 2. Agreed Tim, that was the whole point about wearing just shorts, we didnt need anything else, and didnt it feel great with the sweat running down I really looked forward to the showers afterwards. On the subject of which, after the first PE lesson, realising I had to go in the open communal showers I was embarrassed about taking my shorts off and being naked in front of the other boys, but I very soon overcame my inhibitions and took it all for granted. Comments by Tim on 4th December 2. The expectation was you would sweat indoors and boy we did. No vest was quite rightly mandatory for all PE, gym or outdoors, regardless of conditions or temperature. Comments by Mac on 2nd December 2. Having to go nude in a group for the communual shower for the first time was certainly daunting Comments by William on 1st December 2. Derek,I agree with Roy and Neil. Felt embarrassed the first time but this was a boys grammar school in the 6. It helped that we were all treated the same no vests, nothing under shorts and communal nude showers. The showers were not much use, Michael. We all had to strip and then walk under a shower in single file, as close as possible to the boy in front. At least we got the tops of our heads wet. Gym master supervised. He was terrifying but emphatically no pervert. We kept our shorts for as long as possible and by the time we were 1. It was just the way it was. Comments by Michael on 3. November 2. 01. 7. I was far more concerned about the temperature of the water in the showers, which was determined by the teacher. Depending on the amount of hot water available sometimes it was warm, but at other times bone chillingly cold. But, whatever temperature it was, we had to have a proper shower using bars of soap, including washing our hair. Occasionally some smart alec tried a quick run through under the shower heads, but they were always sent back there was no escape. Rumour had it that there was a correlation between the water temperature and the PE teachers mood, but I was never convinced of that. Comments by Neil on 2. November 2. 01. 7. Derek. No, not at all. Initially maybe but after awhile it became the norm. Comments by Roy on 2. November 2. 01. 7. I was embarrassed the first time I had to shower naked in front of the other boys but soon got used to it and eventually took no notice of the other boys and I assume they took no notice of me. Comments by Derek on 2. November 2. 01. 7. We always did PE in white vest and white shorts, our standard PE uniform, but we always had to take everything off for showers afterwards under the supervision of our PE teacher. Did anyone here find it embarrassing being naked in front of other boys and teachers Comments by Jon on 1. November 2. 01. 7. Like Roy I had a shock when I got to secondary school and was told we did PE stripped to the waist but I soon got used to it and went stripped to the waist until I left school. Comments by Roy on 1. November 2. 01. 7. I too had a shock when arriving at secondary school being told I had to do PE and cross country stripped to the waist. But I soon got used to it and did PE bare chested right up to and including sixth form. Comments by Jason. R on 1. 2th November 2. Nick. K, Our PE teacher had 3 favourites I was one who he picked to strip every lesson. The first time I stripped facing the class and never had a vest on again until leaving after A levels. Comments by Nick. K on 4th November 2. Like Kieran. T, it was quite a shock when I arrived at my all boys secondary school and discovered that we had to strip down to shorts for PE. The teacher I had in first form insisted on shorts only in the gym, even though the school uniform list stipulated vest, socks and plimsolls. The shorts tended to be very short in those days and it made me feel very vulnerable and naked I was quite a shy boy and not especially good at PE. But, as others have commented, it made me grow in self confidence in time. In second form, our PE teacher allowed the full kit but shirts and skins was the norm for any team game indoors or in a covered area we had outdoors. But the choice of shirts and skins was not entirely random and some boys seemed to be chosen a lot more often to strip down. Comments by James on 1. October 2. 01. 7. Dominic,wearing shorts was more comfortable and practical when wearing them for games,but the fashion of the 8. Although,it was not compulsory to wear short trousers for school,I had to wear them for school and home. With their absurd brevity it meant that you could freeze when wearing them in the winter. We wore just a pair of shorts for games in the gym even when sharing it with the girls. Comments by Dominic on 9th October 2. Ryan Im glad you enjoyed p. I did in the 6. 0s. You sum it up very well the minimal kit and freedom from a restrictive uniform. My school always seemed to be overheated in winter so it was a great relief to change into a pair of shorts and run around, inside or outside bare chested and barefoot it didnt matter how cold it was. I think we had just one boy in the class who was a little shy about his body but he soon got used to it and no one ever made any effort to cover themselves. Most of us thought it was very grown up to be so scantily clad but the teacher sold it to us very well in the first lesson. All but one of our p. I was never very good at p. Comments by Ben on 9th October 2. Kieran, I was fascinated to read your post as it summed up perfectly how I felt when I had to do shirts and skins in PE. The whole thing came as a shock to me too I remember one boy actually asked the teacher what skins meant and he replied Skin. No vest, no nothing which was pretty accurate, if not gramatically correct I still wasnt sure until I realised a couple of my friends were suddenly stripped to the waist. Like you, I recall clearly that sense of feeling like I was totally naked the first time I had to be a skin, and also crossing my arms over my chest to cover up. And being teased about my obvious discomfort I also became more confident over time, to the extent that I actually came to enjoy doing sports barechested. My feelings are the same as yours with hindsight I benefited in the long term from shirts and skins but it would have been much fairer to have every boy dressed the same. How Do I Download Contacts From Iphone To Gmail. Comments by Kieran. T on 8th October 2. Interesting memories I went to an allboys school in the very early 9. PE we usually did indoor team sports in the sports hall like basketball or football.