Objects of Substance- The Blue

Magazine. Two girls, Joan Lilley and Eleanor Hart, are photographed wearing their blazers with embroidered pockets, the earliest dating 1914.

1916 Secondary Schools Association Cup winners.

The Blue was the embroidering of the School badge onto the top left pocket, with BGGS above and the specific details of the sport below. These specific sports were recorded as “1 st 7 1916”. Further sports pockets were added below the first row of embroidery and even onto the lower left-hand pocket of the blazer. A half blue was the embroidering of BGGS and the sports specific detail, leaving a gap for the School badge if awarded a full blue at a later stage.

1934 Athletics “half blue”.

In 1964, the embroidered School badge became a permanent addition to the blazer and, therefore, the concept of the Blue had to change. The result of this change was that the “blue” was