Looking the part

 On what is a cold very icy morning here where unfortunately I'll need to be indoors as it's no good under my feet, I thought we'd look at the past.

Back in my father's day and even after the changes in my own boyhood it didn't matter if it was school, church or scouts, how you dressed mattered hugely and boys had to be tidy and properly dressed no matter what.

In my own instance that no matter what meant making sure you got the help you needed from another boy so you were just like everyone else and any uniform items were properly fitted so you were smart.

These Wolf Cubs from Cleveland, England in a picture from 1960 or 61 show the kind of standards we were expected to follow with all of them in full uniform except the one on the far left who is probably join the pack in a few weeks so doesn't have his green jersey.

Is it too much to expect similar standards today?