Tidyness and the Middle

I am a Junior albeit at the top of the age range and in my original Junior days the view from the ground up of us was like this: Grey or White Socks either three-quarter or short with sensible lace up shoes although today slip ons are accepted more.
When we looked slovenly lacking pride in our appearance, we were told to 'Pull your socks up' quite sternly as our teachers an most parents had high standards for how we presented and conducted ourselves.