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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: PaulJC on Tuesday 30 October 18 12:30 GMT (UK)
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Hi All,
I remember in the mid 1960's being fitted out for my first senior school uniform. I am sure it was in a school outfitters on Market Street, Manchester but cannot recollect the name. I have spoken to others who also remember this shop but the name escapes us.
Regards,
Paul
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Cannot be of much help but I do know the Uniform Supplier was/is in Newcastle upon Tyne. Isaac Walton. Takes me back a while.
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On Market street in Manchester it'd probably be Lewises.
Kendal Milnes did most of the "better" schools. Became House of Frazer, and currently, sadly, in the throes of closing down sales, after all these years.
I seem to recall Pauldens, and Affleck & Browns, on Oldham Street / Road may also have been accredited suppliers, and probably Debenhams on Market Street may have been, too.
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My school used Barrie's (Barry?) which had a store in Bolton and may have had a Manchester one.
Reps took stock to school once or twice a year. Visits to their shop were seldom necessary. This was 1960's-1970's.
Trades directories?
Someone from Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society may know. M&LFHS has a Bolton branch.
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My school used Henry Barrie in Manchester
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My school used Henry Barrie in Manchester
I was right, they did have a store in Manchester.
My uniform had to last so long I seldom needed replacements. They were bought in a size large enough to grow into. Then they were let-down, let-out, altered, adapted as necessary. My summer dresses were home-made, from Barrie's pattern and material.
School shoes for 1st year also bought from Barrie's & made by Clark's of course - lace-ups for winter & outdoor; sandals or shoes with a bar (Mary Jane style ?) for indoors and summer.
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My school uniform used to come from a shop (quite possibly Barrie's) in St Ann's Square.
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Websites which mention Henry Barrie, school outfitter of Manchester:
Odds and sods - queries about Manchester
www.manchester-forum.co.uk/index.php?topic=8927.0
First poster in the thread said the store was in Market St. and was taken over by BHS. Also mentions Henry Barrie, St. Ann's Square. A post from Cheethamgirl on the thread mirrors my memories.
See also manchesterhistory.net
A school magazine 1962 with advert Henry Barrie school uniform specialist, St. Ann's Square.*
www.pickles.net.com/mhgs/Chedlian/1962%20Summer.pdf
A price list from Neville's of John Dalton St. which supplied uniforms to St. Augustine's before Henry Barrie:
www.staugs.org/uniform.htm
*Edit. I got a Windows error message when I clicked on the link again. I can't remember the school's name.
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Another Henry Barrie one here but a man came to school from the shop and measured us. The orders were then delivered to school.
Those were the days - kneeling down to make sure the skirt touched the floor for the right length - gaberdines, blazers, berets and white pac a macs for summer with a special rain hood for our boaters! What did we look like ::)
All thanks to Mr Barrie!
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Ah, I'd not thought of the one in St Anne's Square - been thinking of the top end, Market Street, after I'd thought of Kendall's. Sorry.
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Another thread on Manchester-forum.co.uk, topic Notre Dame High School, Cheetham, Manchester mentions uniforms from Henry Barrie in 1960s. Post is by Cheethamgirl.
Manchester-forum.co.uk/index.php?topic=6014.0
Heywood, I transgressed by wearing a coloured pac-a-mac instead of regulation transparent one. At least the waterproof to cover my boater was transparent ("Rain-mate"?)
My only visit to the store (Bolton) may have been to buy a replacement cardigan. I wore a plain, home-knitted one for a while, probably until there was enough cash to buy the official one. The only other uniform items I needed replaced were blouses and regulation knickers for thrice-weekly gym & games. Thankfully I stayed small & thin so the rest of the uniform lasted from 1st-year to 6th-form.
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There's a vintage school uniform website (what used to be called second-hand). Currently featured is a pair of knickers dating from 1950s but unworn. Price - a jaw-dropping £150. :o Claimed to be a rare pair and to last a lifetime if treated properly. Made in Leicester. Stretches to 38 inch waist. Definitely made for growth.
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There were two shops at the top end of Market St.
Hope Brothers and Horn Brothers,
The one on the end of High St ,across from the old M&S sol,d uniforms for quite prestigieous schools.
We got blazers for our boys there,the first time my younger son wore his he
fell off a wall and damaged the barathea all down one sleeve.
The shop took it back and put a new sleeve in at a cost of fourteen shillings
This was 1965.
Our boys were at school in Belgium ,not at one of the schools who used th e shop for uniforms.We got them caps too (normal,wear for boys in the 1960s.)The blazers and caps were not for the same school,consequently they looked as if they had been expelled from two good schools.
My School used Henry Barrie’s in St Anne’s Square.
There was a Peter Barrie’s too nearby.
Lewis’s sold Manchester High School for Girls uniforms,.Navy blue and gold.
Our school was Oxford blue and gold.
The Oxford blue was not always easy to get other than at Barrie’s.
Good thinking by our pedantic headmistress.I t meant we could not have any variations on her theme! Gosh the rules.
I was so glad to have a uniform as my mum and dad were of very modest means but in a uniform I was as good as any other girl in the school.
We wore short socks until we were 18, in the sixth form. ::)
Viktoria.
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Hi All,
Thanks for all your suggestions. Somewhere deep in the recesses of my brain it tells me the name was Horns. I had heard of Barries but I will go for Horns.
Paul