th1stleandr0se Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Oddball topic this but I was trying to find out when an old photo of Leith had been taken and noticed that although the photo didn't seem to be mid-Victorian some of the boys, even the bigger ones, were barefoot. I've tried to find out how long this practice lasted in Scotland before it was phased out but can't find any articles on it. This photo from Dumbiedykes in Edinburgh was taken in 1895 and the whole class is barefoot. I found a link to an article which indicates that children were still barefoot in Edinburgh in 1908. Does any social historian on here know any more on the subject and does any expert on photography have a good idea when that first photo would have been taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Top left of the bottom photo is Richard Hammond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th1stleandr0se Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 First one looks to be 1910's -20's could be wrong though! 1920s was my initial feeling but the lack of shoes concerned me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rene Fonck Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Both photos were taken last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Going by the hairstyles and clothing, bearing in mind it's Leith, I would confidently place the first photograph as 1987. About tea-time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Not quite the same thing but I grew up abroad until coming to Scotland when I was 10 (1978). The first summer I was here me and my brother automatically took our shoes off and ran around barefoot, the following summer we didn't do it because we didn't want to be a pair of oddballs. Once you toughen up the skin its great, it was a bugger getting it there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Might not be old enough for them to have seen Hibs lift the Scottish Cup. Nor Dundee for that matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 first thought that came to my mind was they neds saying "Watch yer horseless carriage for you while you go to the Association Football match mister?" My old history teacher used to say that when he started teaching in Dunfermline in the 1960s there were two brothers who would attend school on alternate days because they only had one pair of shoes between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BossHogg Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I went to primary school in the 70s with a family who came to school one day with no shoes , ..the school bought them shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 first thought that came to my mind was they neds saying "Watch yer horseless carriage for you while you go to the Association Football match mister?" My old history teacher used to say that when he started teaching in Dunfermline in the 1960s there were two brothers who would attend school on alternate days because they only had one pair of shoes between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Has to be the Thatcher era, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Oddball topic this but I was trying to find out when an old photo of Leith had been taken and noticed that although the photo didn't seem to be mid-Victorian some of the boys, even the bigger ones, were barefoot. I've tried to find out how long this practice lasted in Scotland before it was phased out but can't find any articles on it. This photo from Dumbiedykes in Edinburgh was taken in 1895 and the whole class is barefoot. I found a link to an article which indicates that children were still barefoot in Edinburgh in 1908. Does any social historian on here know any more on the subject and does any expert on photography have a good idea when that first photo would have been taken? See the guy in the top pic, with the paper under his arm?? That's you that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th1stleandr0se Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 See the guy in the top pic, with the paper under his arm?? That's you that is. See the guy with the crutches under his arms, that'll be you, that will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 See the guy with the crutches under his arms, that'll be you, that will. Rickets Sir, suit you Sir ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 See the guy in the top pic, with the paper under his arm?? That's you that is. You can tell the nit nurse has been busy with a few of the shaved heids on display in the second photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 "Nae shoes” was still a fairly common reason for kids not going to school in the east of Glasgow right up to the early 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Grim. As well as the bare feet, half of them look disturbed or a bit abnormal. I wonder if they were even the poorest of the poor, seein as they were attending school. My old history teacher used to say that when he started teaching in Dunfermline in the 1960s there were two brothers who would attend school on alternate days because they only had one pair of shoes between them. That's sad as f**k. How badly must that wreck a kid's self resepct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemunster Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Why the f**k were people from old fashioned days so ugly and fucking grumpy? Sair feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebhoy123 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Sair feet. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Both taken in 1910, says so on the back. Still at school at 10 past 7. No wonder they were miserable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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