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Oh, the memorable days when boys boarding school had plenty of real rubber! Red rubber bedsheets, hooded rubber rainsuits, rubber mackintoshes and capes, rubber wellies, Head Matron and her female staff in formal uniforms with red rubber aprons. Happy rubber days!

Definitely from growing up in the 1950s under the strict rule of my German Nanny. The hospital red/brown rubber was still the common waterproof before plastic took over. I was firmly bonded to this rubber from a young age, with its glossy shine and strong pungent odour. My Nanny wore many red rubber ...

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A hot summer's day in one of these rubber suits left a very lasting impression. As one began to sweat, the potent rubber vapours would become increasingly intoxicating. One would be kept in rubbers until bedtime, where a similar red rubber bed undersheet and punishment would await. As the suits ...

The red brown hooded rubbers for wet weather. I was often put into these for general everyday wear.

German red rubber suit, red rubber apron, wellies and SBR cape.

At least I left the cane at home. It could be classified as a threatening weapon, I suppose?

He certainly had his hands in his pockets, and his Mother hissed at him to behave. It was a shame that they were both not in nice rubber mackintoshes.

Oops, second pic is rather out of focus. The swishing of cape and skirt as I walked was rather nice. Of the people I passed, a particular young man was transfixed with embarrassed stares. How well I remember feeling that way in my youth.