Do you still have your secondary school signed shirt?

Posted by Loose_Avocado4670@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 59 comments

I left school 2 years ago, and I'm still upset about the fact that the back of my leavers shirt got ruined, and all of the ink splurged everywhere due to heavy rain when I was walking home and I didn't bring a coat. the front is fine, but my favourite teacher wrote a message on the back, and now it's completely illegible.

Those of you who have left school, do you still have your shirt?

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VioletFireCat@reddit

Now that's a fun memory, going around with my friends on the last day and signing everyones shirts. I'm pretty sure mine are still tucked away somewhere, both primary and secondary school!

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Equivalent_Half883@reddit

No. Left school in 08 I think it ended up in a charity shop

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HirsuteHacker@reddit

Got it somewhere, yeah. Lot of messages about keeping in touch from people I never saw or heard from again, ha.

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Specialist_Emu7274@reddit

We did it in year11, I stayed for sixth form though so was a bit pointless. Covid happened so never did it again. I kept the yr11 for maybe a month before getting rid. I don’t have any ‘sentimental’ things from school- it was not a time of my life that I particularly want to remember.

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Mysterious_County154@reddit

I have my one from Primary school

I wasn't there for the last day of secondary school so didn't get one

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srig8@reddit

And my record of achievement, stuffed with my “100% attendance” and GCSE certificates.

Never been asked to present it once.

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OodRiday@reddit

My time at secondary schools were unhappy times.

Later, one of my secondary schools was demolished.

I wish I had known. I'd've gladly helped them to destroy it.

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frjack666@reddit

Bloke who left school in 1981 : WTF?

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OodRiday@reddit

WTF?²

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cleb9200@reddit

Bloke who left school in 1994, also WTF?

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Realistic_Bus_4547@reddit

Bloke who left school in '94: had mine until I left for Brazil in 2009

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Viking-Bastard-XIV@reddit

‘93, same

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Loose_Avocado4670@reddit (OP)

Shirt signing is where, generally, on the last day of school, students sign eachothers shirts as a sort of keepsake.

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VolcanicBear@reddit

No.

I socialised with extremely unpleasant people and generally prefer to forget that period of my life.

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Temporary-Zebra97@reddit

Didn't get one assuming they did them, last day after the morning assembly I left to go the cinema with a mate.

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sleepyprojectionist@reddit

I left secondary school 25 years ago, and even back then I wasn’t especially sentimental.

I didn’t keep hold of my signed shirt.

I lost touch with all of the people I went to school with when I left for university.

My home town was not somewhere I particularly wanted to go back to, so at most I went home perhaps once a year.

It’s not really a time of my life that I think about. I have absolutely no rose-tinted nostalgia for my school years.

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Longjumping-Act9653@reddit

I left in 2004 and threw mine out a few years ago. At some point you’ll realise no one but you cares whose scrappy signature that is, and eventually you won’t remember either. Get rid.

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LaurenNotABot@reddit

I left in 98 and have no idea where it is .

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7Zedifier3@reddit

I do. I left school in 1989. I almost never look at it though and I think I might bin it next time I go in the loft for a clear out. I don’t have particularly fond memories of that school. I just kept it because I’m always scared I’ll regret these things if I bin them and I think they’re nice to show my children. I’ve done that. It’s served its purpose. My 17-year-old has already chucked his. He thinks (I rescued it and put it in my wardrobe in case he regrets it!).

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Harribo1034@reddit

Still got mine! Even if half the names have faded

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Ashamed-Assumption12@reddit

I left 1990 and don't have my signed shirt anymore. Still have some of my GCSE coursework though.

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buy_me_a_pint@reddit

I never had my shirt signed, as we were required to wear our full uniforms in exams , this was back in 2000

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Bellatrixforqueen@reddit

Left in 1997, it’s at my parents house

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Rob_B_@reddit

Was too shy to ask, but I’m not all that bothered about it

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grouchytortoise@reddit

I’ve literally just thrown away my primary school one this week (from 2004) along with a bunch of personalised school/dance team hoodies and T-shirts ranging 2004-2023. I’ve got photos if I want to look back, I don’t need clothes I’ll never wear cluttering up the place.

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icanhearsheeps@reddit

At my school everyone had notebooks that we all wrote little goodbye letters in along with some photos. I added to mine when I finished college and left for uni as well.

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DisloyalMouse@reddit

lol, I haven’t thought about that in years. I think it’s probably somewhere at my parents house. I certainly don’t remember throwing it out.

I do remember all the guys were trying to use it as an excuse to inappropriately touch the girls whilst signing our shirts though…

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Sutty100@reddit

Yes I think so... Not looked at in 20 years. I wouldn't worry about it!

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MoosesHuman@reddit

Nope, I'm guessing I must have thrown them away at some point but I don't remember.

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Motor-Platform295@reddit

I've still got mine from 1986

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talkative_parrot25@reddit

I’m 41 I still have mine and my badge and tie 😂😂😂

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clovenheart1066@reddit

Nah, i accidentally washed mine, it just became a grey polo.

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Aethelstan9two7@reddit

I left in 2000 my Mum has mine..

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UnIntelligent-Idea@reddit

Yes, from 1997

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BiasTap@reddit

It wasn't 'a thing' at my school but I've binned most stuff from my school days.

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SwansEscapedRonson@reddit

I’ve still got them , my primary school and my secondary school one; I’m 31 now. They’re nice to look at every now and then, but honestly if the house went up in flames and I lost them I wouldn’t be devastated. I’ve looked at them enough times to internalize them, and the pen marks have all kinda spread out through the fabric, so a lot of it is illegible. Don’t be too upset, keep thinking over the messages written on the shirt and commit that to memory, that’ll serve you well enough!

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Particular_Pickle465@reddit

I finished year 11 3 years ago now, I still have the shirt :)

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NortonBurns@reddit

Wasn't a thing when I left. Sounds a bit of an American import to me.

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gander8622@reddit

Never did it. All the kids from my primary went to the same secondary and then I left school at 16. Abit of a shame, but I really can't remember anyone from school all that well.

I imagine everyone who went onto 6th year (in Scotland) did it.

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Loose_Avocado4670@reddit (OP)

Oh dear🤣

I probably still have mine from primary.

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