School plimsolls (sorry -- I made a typo before) are kind of like old-fashioned American tennis shoes -- but without laces: pull on canvas shoes with rubber soles. Traditionally, they're black.
This Wiki entry is good, although it also compares them to Chucks in the US. Nope. Plimsolls traditionally don't lace up and aren't as fancy as Chucks. Some newer school plimsolls don't have elastic and aren't pull-ons -- they have velcro, like the ones on the Clarke's link. (The latter was really long, so I made it into a tinyurl.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plimsoll_shoe http://tinyurl.com/ooaruak
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Date: 2015-09-09 07:15 pm (UTC)This Wiki entry is good, although it also compares them to Chucks in the US. Nope. Plimsolls traditionally don't lace up and aren't as fancy as Chucks. Some newer school plimsolls don't have elastic and aren't pull-ons -- they have velcro, like the ones on the Clarke's link. (The latter was really long, so I made it into a tinyurl.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plimsoll_shoe
http://tinyurl.com/ooaruak