It was announced in the latter circular that coupon-free loans of clothing and footwear for physical training must in future be limited to plimsolls.
I am slightly at a loss about the boots and plimsolls.
I have one here which shows a large pair of plimsolls.
The production of rubber footwear, which includes plimsolls, was very small in 1945, but by 1948 it had increased sevenfold.
We know that that is a plimsoll line, a poverty line, below which these workers find themselves.
If they were taken off the ration, it would be difficult to ensure that sufficient plimsolls were available for gymnastics and physical training.
The shortage of children's plimsolls is due to the scarcity of labour and materials for making them.
Then there is our old friend the plimsoll.
