Plaits

Plaits like yours in the photo were called 'monkey swings' in German! :-) No idea why. I never wore my plaits like this but just had them hanging down. They became so long that when I was wearing a cardigan and had the plaits underneath, the ends were looking out from the lower rim. This looked rather funny. I learnt to plait my hair myself rather soon. I think I was 10 years old when the photo was taken.

Our mother braided my hair sometimes when I was a kid. More often I'd have it in ponytails. Later we had our hair cut shorter and put curlers in. I was a kid in the 50s and 60s. So the time periods are going to make differences in people's responses.

As a man, I probably had pigtails and bangs in my childhood.

Plaits, is that the same as braids? I sometimes had my hair in braids, but I had such fine hair and not a lot of it, so braids looked too skinny. I think I had it more in two ponytails. Oh that face, Janet you are so pretty - then and now!!

You look adorable. I did occasionally. Mostly I just had a ponytail or pigtails.

Great job and you were lovely. (Still are) My mother sat me on the high kitchen school to do my braids. (Plaits) She did very tight little braids back from from my temple then joined them into the long braids. I mean tight, my face was pulled back. It lasted a few days and thankfully got more comfortable. I remember trying and trying to learn to do my own. I finally got 2 evenish braids, then reached back to find a long section not included. I cut it off!

No, my hair was always too thick to hold any kind of braid or even a ponytail. Strange but true.

And with matching ribbons

My mother does that to my sister when we were younger.

Yes I did. It was seen as kind of old-fashioned at that time but I liked that kind of thing. I used to tie ribbon bows at the ends.

I always wore them until after kindergarten. My grandmother did the best job. As a young mother, I wore French braids a lot. Such a pretty girl! You did a wonderful job.

Yes, I did.

@jaboUK You were adorable. I had a ponytail.

Yes,i do my hair like that even now that i have grown up.That's a nice one for long hairs.

Fantastic photo. Sometimes I did but mostly it just hung loose. I don't recall mom doing much with my hair when I was little.

I wore one braid in the back. I often had quite long hair.

Here we refer to them as braids. You wore them very well. My hair was never long enough for braids.

well i never did but i remember the girls having there hair like that

Wonderful photography. Yes, I often wore braids.

Yes,i had ponytail in my childhood