Yes Geoff I remember it well. Frightened little kids wondering what was happening to us.
I recall walking to school with friends from Ingrow Junior School in our sparkling new uniform and of course the obligatory cap - one of them said "Have you got a geometry set" I thought "What's a geometry set?" Happy days - I suppose

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1959-1964

Current location (optional) Keighley

I knew the obligatory cap as an ogger? Or hogger if you were posh? Something to be snatched off the head by someone else and thrown half the length of the smoking deck on the way home. Opening up the opportunity for a smart cuff.

Most likely on my first day, I was put right by a kindly senior who took my satchel from over my head and hung it on one scrawny shoulder.

The ducking legend terrified me but again,some kindly souls after filling the basin offered my forehead only, onto the surface.

I seem to remember getting kitted out at Willis Walker's but not sure where the geommer set came from.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1953-1958

Current location (optional) Brighouse

I think uniforms came from Pearcey's next door to Willis Walker's or the Co-op. Wills Walker supplied sports gear. Being in Pearcey's being kitted-out was always a source of embarasment when other lads with their mums were in there at the same time. Thankfully in later years, after the first kitting-out, the Prefects' lost property sales were sufficient to replenish the school wardrobe!

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1959-1967

Current location (optional) London

The other uniform outlets were Chadwicks down High Street and Selwyns on North Street. Sutton Amateurs are giving the stage production of Hi De Hi this weekend. I have a small part in it and was going to wear my striped school blazer. Unfortunately nature has put a stop on that idea - it doesn't fit anymore.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1959-1964

Current location (optional) Keighley

Bloody things shrink don't they David. Poor quality I reckon.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 58-65

Current location (optional) leeds

Evocative. Sums up what most of us experienced - though this was the first day of my last year. The school had changed a great deal from that which I first entered in 1952 - and from what I read elsewhere in these postings the changes continued apace. More recollections, please.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1952-60

Good to see your memory is still there Geoff and that50 years hasn't dimmed the grey cells
I caught the bus on my first morning along with my cousin Michael(Jim) Green and Aidrian Allen
My other cousin Peter Green was already there and had warned us of the duckings and the crush in the corridor where new boys were hung from the overhead heating pipes
Luckily we made it without incident and were left to be allocated a form I was in 1C in the Alice street annex
We all had new satchels ,mine came from Hargreaves the saddlers
and the reversible rugby shirts from Willis Walkers
Green and White along with out PT Kit ,new pens (the posh lads had parkers)and rulers
I still had my tie and cap until my daughters used them for a fancy dress party
Good Times Geoff but you are certainly making me feel old

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1959-66

Current location (optional) Cumbria

I well remember the Alice St. Annexe and being made to stand in lines with the sun-light streaming through the windows as we frightendly waited for Harry Milton to speak out our names.
I also remember"Creep" making us stand at the front of the Form-Room- possibly 33. Me being 1st and Geoff. being last to sit in our allocated desks.
I dare bet on that day Geoff never thought that later in life he would himself teach the present Archbishop of Canterbury to be a Vicar!!
Scrapheap Challenge has nothing on us K.B.G.S.lads!!

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1959 -1966

Current location (optional) Haworth