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Calgary schools lift blue jean ban: From the archives​on April 3, 2025 at 11:00 am

Hard to believe, but there was a time — in your parents’ lifetime or even your lifetime — when blue jeans were frowned upon. In fact, students weren’t even allowed to wear jeans to school in Calgary public schools until 1968. This is just one of the news events highlighted by Norma Marr — a long-time Herald researcher/librarian who prepared a feature called The H Files, in which she looked back at a variety of Calgary happenings. Here are some of her instalments from 1999, when she was highlighting April news from previous years. Read More

​Hard to believe, but there was a time — in your parents’ lifetime or even your lifetime — when blue jeans were frowned upon. In fact, students weren’t even allowed to wear jeans to school in Calgary public schools until 1968. This is just one of the news events highlighted by Norma Marr — a   

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Hard to believe, but there was a time — in your parents’ lifetime or even your lifetime — when blue jeans were frowned upon. In fact, students weren’t even allowed to wear jeans to school in Calgary public schools until 1968. This is just one of the news events highlighted by Norma Marr — a long-time Herald researcher/librarian who prepared a feature called The H Files, in which she looked back at a variety of Calgary happenings. Here are some of her instalments from 1999, when she was highlighting April news from previous years.

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April 3, 1968

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April 6, 1931

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April 7, 1931

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