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its coming to that time when im going to get the kids uniform,.....yes asda do it cheap but are they gonna last?
abby street shopping centre is the only place i can get my daughters uniform, no pants for her though, because shes a 33in leg!!:(, i havent a clue where to go....:confused:

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ive ALWAYS bought Reece's school trousers from m&s, they arent as expensive as you think and last all year, i buy him two pairs,(only £6 each) they are hard wearing and dont ever fade, and are teflon coated, i bought all his new uniform in july, bigger sizes obviously, got his trousers,2 polo shirts(£2) 2 p.e polo shirts(£2), shorts(£2), trainers(£15), coat(£8) and two sweatshirts(£16)...all i have left to buy now are his shoes, and i get those from tommy balls, they are all clarkes and i can usually get him a really nice pair for £5 :D

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I get my kids uniforms from Abbey Street. I like them to have the school emblem on their jumpers. I bought some spare polo shirts from asda a couple of years ago, and will never do it again!! they shrink after one wash and go out of shape after about a week.

the only thing I don't like from Abbey street are their trousers, so I will go to M&S for them.

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Not a lot of choice really when you have to buy logo'd stuff. In those cases you can only shop around for trousers/skirts.

Just in case anyone has a child attending St Christophers you can now get their uniforms at Barden Mill in Burnley although I don't know how they compete price wise. They are also Trutex stockists

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Yes Dave, my mum has to go there for my Brothers uniform as he starts St.Christopher's in September!! silly that they don't have any where closer really!!


Could be worse!!! could have to go to Blackburn for it :rolleyes::D

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Thats true, saves her finding her passport :D

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I got the biggy this year as 2 of ours starts senior school & it has to be logo/badge this & that, Mount Carmel is becoming a stickler for this & they want everything to be trutex as well!! They used to do the badges for the blazers least then u could economise on the blazer but they have stopped doing that now so i have to pay a fortune for a blazer with badge!! So be abbey street this year, & adsa poss if theres owt i can get away with:)

Personally i think school uniforms are defeating the object nowadays of being affordable & fair, also now double standards as far as logo's are concerned, u cant have kappa, timberland, nike, ellesse etc on yer stuff but u can have our logo instead which goes along the very same principle & inflating prices for the schools coffers even worse for those that can only get uniform from the school. Schools are identified by their school colours so no need for the emblem everywhere!! As long as u wear the school colours as in uniform u will not be excluded from school because of no logo, if the school try then contact education authority because thats what they said to my mate who's son is going to do just that!

It makes a mockery out of the whole point of uniform for me, its going to be hard on us but i do really feel for those on low incomes/benefits as the clothing grant system was abolished a few year back & notice they dont make up for it either, so some families especially senior school uniform is going to be real hardship - even more so to more than one child to cater for.

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same here, the jumpers dont look too clever either but i cant get them anywhere else:(, tried the ones in blackburn to but they are fruit of the loom, i prefer trutex, but they dont do em for rhyddings!!

maybe i will try M&S, got lads polo shirt from there, at £5 its not bad and thats for 2!!

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Gawd wish mount carmel was polo shirts but nope i'll be forced to iron & i HATE ironing especially proper shirts i can see the iron jumping from my hand :(

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Wehre's the smiley for a smug look ? :)

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There isnt one HA! mmmm now your well practiced in the art of ironing shirts............fancy doing one or two extra ones as your so good at it:D:rofl38:

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have you tried newlook or topshop,i know they do a 33ins leg

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no, will do ta jacky;)

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Abbey street used to sell st christophers uniforms

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apparently they dont any more!!

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and what happens if you havent got transport to burnley? and why burnley anyway? thats a different town altogether, they must still do them at abbey street

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Nope seriously, mum got a list of where to get them........Burnley!!! lol

She has to go next wednesday for Boberts

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Maybe the St Christophers pupils in Burnley asked for a local supplier :)

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lol but what about the pupils in accy?

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Still think the best place for St Chrissy's uniforms is Whittakers in Blackburn. Price wise they are not bad and at least you know they are going to last.

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they sell it in blackburn too? whats the world coming to?

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Get yourself down there, we're going on Monday - I've got the day off work.

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ive always had to pay tax on my daughters clothes because she cant fit in the clothes that are meant to fit!!:(, its not fair!!Attachment 9834

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i live in Blackburn, i already buy Reece's sweatshirts from there

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:mad::mad: Im spitting mad uniform buying is bad enough but Mount Carmel think people are bloody rich!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only Mount Carmel has the strictest expensive uniform policy i have ever seen, just threw a stroppy in Abbey street over price of skirts twice as much as the others because of the trutex name!!!!!!

Not happy & will keep trying the uniform policy officer @ the education authority before i buy them! Simply not on that a head teacher can dictate uniform down to one particular trutex make as well!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

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Pot seriously calling kettle black there, after seeing their prices maybe they should take the lead & drop them 1st :(

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I'm pretty sure that not all pupils adhere to uniform dress code, don't blame you for being angry. My grand-daughter goes to Hollins and they pulled her up last year for wearing earrings(she had just had her ears pierced), my daughter went to the school and pointed out that she couldn't possibly be the only child there wearing earrings but they still had to be removed. While I know that this is school policy I think that everybody should have to follow the rules and that means on everything.:confused:

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Just update - got in touch with uniform policy officer @ lancs education authority & basically I dont have a leg to stand on - the school can say & do what they want with uniform policy as its a church school!! :mad:

So basically if my daughter wears another make of skirt then ther school can send her home or even exclude till appropiate uniform stipulated is worn:(

How blumming crap is that, so the whole point of affordable uniform cos that is what it was invented for goes out the window!!! I sincerely hope they apply that for her education rather than the uniform or does that explain the poor results for that school. Me thinks the school is getting some form of handout or grant/bung or whatever, cos why else would it be so stringent without any flexiblity.

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Unfortunately its sods law that the nortorious groups wont be pulled up & mine will, shes already worried about being sent home if i get her alternatives to the schools wishes - so im hanged by both sides now:(

Who'd be a parent these days:rolleyes:

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I wouldn't like to be in your shoes, glad I don't have to worry about things like that now. I know where you are coming from though the move up to senior school is nerve wracking enough, so it is understandable that your daughter is concerned about being sent home. As you say you don't have any choice and will just have to go with the schools policy on this one. Just sticks in the throat when not all people do:(

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Yeh cos their rail is right next to mount carmels rail LOL i thought that was strange, so your mum has a near enough same problem as me then "trutex" this & "trutex" that! :(

I bet the poor guys are sick of getting stick for uniforms from said church high schools:rolleyes:

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I am so glad that mine are NOT going to a church school

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I went to Paddock House in 1954. At the time there was only 1 tailor for the school, J.B.Smith of Union Rd., and you had no choice.

I can remember going to be measured, then fitted, for 2 navy blue pinafore dresses, 2 cream shirts, a cardigan, tie, navy blue overcoat and velour hat. The dresses, shirts and coats were all hand stitched and the bill was enormous.

When we went into the 3rd form we had to have brown coats, again hand stitched, and those dreadful mortar-boards. We also had a totally different Summer uniform of blue and white striped dresses, navy blazers (yep, hand stitched) and panama hats. Even the PE clothes were "unique", blue aertex shirt and brown pleated cullottes, and we had to have hockey sticks, pads and boots, plimsolls and tennis rackets.

Over the years my mother paid a fortune to have me looking absolutely awful. Just be thankful things have changed as much as they have.

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Have they said why they're insisting on a particular brand? Why do they have to be Trutex?:confused:

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They have just insisted it because of quality & that the uniform is to be top notch in order of presenting the school in appearance:confused::rolleyes: - well thats the splurge we're told anyway lol

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*shaz stands up and takes a bow* ;)

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Oh well you must be clever eh?? :D

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lol no love, not clever, just wise ;) pmsfl

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Think shirts and tie work out cheaper in the end though mel ..and they wear a lot better than sweat/polo shirts, which are susceptable to colour loss and shrinking and look really sloppy after a few months. A set of decent white/blue shirts can last a least a couple of years .. more if your children don't grow too fast. No answer to the ironing though, but just think how smart they will look after your effort ... :D

Worked with a lady who had a 33" leg .. wow.. longest legs I have ever seen .. terrific.. but what a problem, she did have some pants that were half mast. Shame there are not many 'dressmakers' bespoke tailors around these days. Know could prove expensive, however, could chose a really good fabric for her and if you consider the cost per wear, may work out cheaper in the long run and will fit a treat.

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How silly.I bought my son's white shirts from Abbey Street 2 years ago.They're not Trutex.I don't know what make they are,they're just the cheapo ones.They still look lovely and very smart.How white shirts look depends very much on how they're treated and how you wash them.If you wash them correctly and look after them they will look good regardless of what make they are.Trutex are not infallible.Even they will look scruffy and grey if they're washed with jeans and other dark clothing.It's ridiculous that this school is telling you they have to be a certain brand.
How will they be monitoring this situation anyway?Do they intend to peer down all the children's necks to check the labels?:(

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Stab-proof school uniforms go on sale to protect pupils from knife attacks | the Daily Mail

How many parents on here would do that send a blazer to be lined with kevlar?

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Just seen that on the news, what is the world coming to?:confused:

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Have u seen the price of it tho approx £120 as it said on tv news:eek:

When is it going to stop:rolleyes:

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It is never ending and it says a lot about the society that we live in that parents have to contemplate such measures:mad:

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It would be cheaper to bring back the use of liberty bodices and line them with that stuff. In the wintertime in the 40s they were basic childrens wear
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thought idea of uniforms was to stop fashion parade now schools are asking more of parents makes logos ect ..same colur any make or no uniforms at all

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at rhyddings they wear high heels and glitter belts, like i said before its chav central!!:D;)

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Saga bit no 2, my girls have just gone down to Abbey st to change one set of shirts for a bigger size, daughter rings [as i told her to if she had probs exchanging it] the next size up they want another £2 on top, like hell yeh, so asks daughter to tell shop keeper for either a credit note, refund or other shirts that fit to that amount i have paid, so rings daughter back as shes leaving shop result, no £2 extra no shirt, so says i'll ring the shop, just as i get the phone no dialled, mobile goes off, my other girl says no worries we got the shirt next size up for that price already paid. Whay-de-go good girl power LOL im proud as punch:D

Blumming shirts are those fitted ones so obiviously smaller than standard because of the trutex thing style to charge more for next size which my daughter isnt big was a cheek:(

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I used to hide my liberty bodice, they were well embarassing:o:o:o

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Pity those poor Paddock House girls who had rubber suspenders attached to theirs to keep up those orangy brown thick stockings :D

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God that uniform was the pits. When I passed my eleven plus mum couldn't afford the uniform(Thahk God) so I went to Notre Dame, the uniform there was bad enough but nowhere as bad as Paddock's.:eek: