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I recently read the following on another Message Board, and I'm wondering....is this really true? Did it really happen this way back then?
And if yes, how will I ever get over the dissappointment of missing out on all that eye action while huddling in our US individual and sterile showers after PE...??> ::-) ::-)
> I though members might be interested in the following which I wrote
> for another group folowing a question about group nudity promoting
> bonding. It relates to my expereicne at Public School in the UK in the
> 1950s/60s.
>
> Corporate nudity certainly does promote bonding- hence why rugby
> players have communal baths af ter the game etc. While a quick five
> minutes in the showers after games or PE at school was neither here
> not there, the fact that we swam nude meant those who like me opted
> to do swimming as a main sport (I could not stand cricket!) meant we
> had a particular bond as a swim team which derived form the fact that
> we trained together naked 2-3 times a week reinforced by the fact
> that when it came to matches/ competitions we appeared together
> naked, often in front of clothed spectators.
>
> (I found this very eerie at first but got used to it)
>
> This manifest itself particularly when it came to having team
> photographs. Despite the accepted tradition of nude swimming in my
> school (and quite a lot of others), it was not considered appropriate
> for boys to appear naked in official photographs of swim teams etc,
> so for swim team photos we donned Speedos, bathrobes or tracksuits
> for the sake of the camera. Almost invariably however the team then
> asked the photographer to do a second shot just for the team members
> with everyone naked (and no covering your privates!).
>
> Unofficial photography around the swimming pool was discouraged but
> for some of the big events the cameras came out. The year I was a
> prefect my house won the interhouse water polo. Both teams playing in
> the fianl were completly naked (as we were for all other internal and
> some external competitons - we wore colered arm bands so the referee
> could distinguish us!). At the ned we dried off and put bathrobes on
> and there was a tradition the captain (me in this case) went up and
> received the cup nude. This I did and having recieved it I then had
> to turn round, face the spectators and hold it above my head in the
> traditional fashion, stark naked, and allow the flash bulbs to pop
> etc.
>
> Sure enough after the match the team wanted a picture of us all
> wearing our winners medals and ONLY our winners medals.
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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Query for the MB Brits, please!
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Enquiring mind want to know!!!
By: brian! on Tue, 20 July 2004 16:09 |
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Re: Query for the MB Brits, please!
By: timmy on Tue, 20 July 2004 19:10 |
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Yaay you Timmy for your vacation!
By: lenny on Tue, 20 July 2004 21:51 |
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Re: Yaay you Timmy for your vacation!
By: timmy on Tue, 20 July 2004 21:55 |
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Re: Query for the MB Brits, please!
By: Guest on Fri, 23 July 2004 05:58 |
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Re: Query for the MB Brits, please!
By: timmy on Fri, 23 July 2004 13:09 |
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Re: Query for the MB Brits, please!
By: saben on Fri, 23 July 2004 13:22 |
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Re: Query for the MB Brits, please!
By: Guest on Fri, 23 July 2004 16:54 |
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Re: Query for the MB Brits, please!
By: joesdog on Sat, 24 July 2004 07:39 |
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