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sorry mind and fingers were not in sync,but quite violent as I was the runt of the class but the games teacher was the pull yourself together and get on with it

Hi Dogleg I also went to a convent school and the nuns would not allow us to wear patent leather shoes because the boys could see our underwear in them (nbk's compulsory)

sorry I meant doglet!!!

Golsh girls, reading about your various sport experiences and weird attire makes me very happy to have attended a French lycee! No violent outside sport, no uniform or any type of clothing imposed, and for swimming lessons in an indoor pool, just a normal one piece bathing costume which I was not ashamed to wear as well on the beach during holidays (before switching to bikini) - Can you imagine a bunch of 16/17 year old girls all madly in love with our very attractive and sexy young male coach!

Apparently in Canada, where lacrosse originated, if you didn't end a match with some injury, especially a fracture, you hadn't played hard enough. I thought it a murderous game. In goal I did have leg and body pads, but nothing on my face. The body pad didn't protect my sides though and I got a direct hit on the breast.
I've been told that medically speaking the two aren't connected but a painful lump developed in the same place which I didn't have removed for decades.
When my younger son decided he'd prefer a whole neck and fingers to play the guitar with rather than do football and rugby, I supported him.
It does take, shall we say, an unusual mind to think underwear could be reflected in patent leather shoes. Has anyone done the experiment?

You had it good, Pigale!
I'm VERY surprised that you were allowed a young , sexy MALE coach!
I went to a school that had two wings - one for the girls and the other for the boys and never the twain should meet!
We even had differing school leaving times - ten minutes apart in case we 'met up' outside school!
But the 'Powers- that- be' made an error... they let the girls out firs!.
Well, by the time we'd combed our hair, arranged our obligatory school berets satisfactorily etc., the boys were then out!!

Haha Elle. I went to an all girl's school but it was close to Quarry Bank School, Liverpool (late 1950s)
No, I never did meet any of the fab four, sadly.

Just goes to show 'where there is a will, there is a way'!

Like you, my Lycee was a girls only one, and a boys lycee was further down the street - Yet noone seemed to care whether or not we 'met up' down the road!

As for the male coach, I too think we were lucky! But I don't think it was unusual, and in fact I can't imagine a woman for a swimming coach - don't ask me why though...

Ros, interesting to see that you played lacrosse at school, as did I. I haven't met many people who did that-most have played hockey.
I went to Bolton School. (Mamya lived opposite it, altho of course I didn't know that then)

Maybe it was a Lancashire thing, Elle?