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At Ealing Grammar School for Boys, it was uniforms from day one and not just in school. If you were caught not wearing your school cap on the way to or from school on school days, the first time it was written down in a book. The second time, you were suspended for a week and the third time you were expelled. I don’t remember anyone ever actually being expelled, but I did get the week’s free holiday.

I had decided to go to art school when I was sixteen, which as far as Ealing Grammar School for Boys was concerned was the equivalent of becoming a professional criminal or a tramp. Had I decided to be an alcoholic or a paedophile, that would definitely have been far more acceptable.

And here are some nice Christians from our local Youth Club, trying on their

Going-to-Tropical-Climes uniforms before going off to save Johnny Foreigner.