HOW long have schools been issuing Max Wall style uniforms?

I was travelling through Daisy Hill when I spotted two girls who looked like they'd forgotten to put their skirts on heading for school.

They were wearing just thick, black, woolly tights under padded jackets it seemed.

What a sight.

Whatever happened to proper dress? I thought uniform was supposed to be a leveller with everyone wearing the same thing, not their own adaptation and looking stupid.