I found this interesting little comment under a picture of a rather pretty looking girl on Friends reunited, the school was Henbury High school Macclesfield Cheshire,

We weren't meant to wear nylons at school but we all did in the fifth and sixth form, even when Mr Benson threatened to slipper us if we wore them we still did. I think Benson did slipper Georgina in the end for wearing them, and afterwards she wore tights for about two weeks before reverting back to her stockings.

I was quite interested in the idea of girls wearing stockings at school during the 60's and 70's as in the above post and found the following post on a website devoted to the wearing of stockings and suspenders.

does anyone else remember this 'craze'


Stockings at school: historical aberration or ubiquity?

(Edited from a contribution to the Stocking Heaven hosiery discussion
forum)

I was at secondary school from 1975 - 1980. During circa. 1978, I
vividly remember the girls in the fourth/fifth forms consistently wearing
stockings and suspenders. I guess it was a bit of a 'craze' as we were
all aware of it and the girls often went to extraordinary lengths to let
everyone know they were wearing them. Above and beyond simple
'flashing' of stocking tops via slit pencil skirts or the deliberate practice of
hoisting to a selected audience, I remember other expedients being used
such as the wearing of one white and one black stocking (fitting snugly
with the rise at that time of neo-mods) and the wearing of
fully-fashioned stockings (white and black).

I am truly not exaggerating when I say that at this time about 50% of
the girls were teasing us with all this. There was clearly a class
dynamic at work also as I remember that the above behaviour was almost
exclusively reserved for the streams below A; which was largely populated by
the children of the professional classes (the local grammar system
having been scrapped in 1974). I have one of those long horizontal year
photos in the loft and looking at it the other day, I was struck by the
girls, 95% of whom were wearing black hosiery! I could pick out many
(more than twenty) who I personally knew were wearing the correct
undergarments on a regular basis.

I later went on to take my history degree at Durham University and a
fellow female student did her third year dissertation on: 'The History of
Underwear in 19th Century French Society'. We discussed my experiences
but alas, she was unable to elucidate on her contemporaries due to a
combination of factors.

Does anyone else have similar experiences of their school days? Was my
school unique or (forties and fifties schoolgirls in straw boaters
notwithstanding) was this a common phenomenon?

I can name the school and some protagonists if anyone has any direct
interest, but at this stage, I can tell you that it is in Norwich,
Norfolk, UK.

Friends Reunited has a new Message Board feature. Our old friend fugging Gillian is doing her usual rubbish on the General Chat Board.

I've seen it. Filth like that ought to be removed.

There are some wonderful people at Friends Reunited. I am delighted to be able to bring a little ray of sunshine into their miserable lives.

The thread entitled ‘Adults Only Page’ is potentially the most important topic ever to be discussed on the Internet.

Gillian,

The majority of people who contribute to the Friends Reunited General Chat Board are decent, honest, hard-working, simple folk who do not want their well-earned May Day Holiday ruined by your stuff about fantasy green knickers, lesbianation and Onanism.

You have been in my BASTARD BOOK for some time now, and I am seriously considering asking Roger to remove your name from the Friendly List.

I have started a ‘Girls in Detention’ thread on the fast-moving, laugh-a-minute Friends Reunited General Chat Board.

Your contributions would be most welcome.