#ArchiveZ R is for Rugby School Been hard to choose for this letter so keep an eye out for more posts this week.

R is for Football Here are some of the archives on the origins of the game and the rules written by the boys in 1845. #ArchiveZ

R is for Rugbeian - a person educated at Rugby School The name has also been used in titles of school publications Rugbeian (First Published 1851) New Rugbeian (First Published 1858) Other publicatio…

Not taking any Covid-19 chances at Rugby School Archives

Meeting in New Big School September 1890 #ThrowbackThursday The Meteor 1890 rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/…

Been working on listing the collections in one of our store rooms and now trying to work out what this hat was for. #BehindTheScenes #ExploreYourArchive

@HistoryHelen123 @explorearchives 😂 got them on the brain have you? We're thinking a hat perhaps for a drama performance. An easier view of the top.

R is for and Today I have been reading and recording the temperature and relative humidity (another R) in our store rooms. #ArchiveZ #ExploreYourArchive #BehindTheScenes

S is for Skyros the Greek Island where OR Rupert Brooke is buried. While sorting through some of our objects and artefacts I came across these Olive Tree Roots found by Rupert Brookes grave in 1973. …

@OundleArchive I think that is probably the best result ever!

S is for small and in sorting through our collections come across some very small cricket bats. #ArchiveZ #BehindtheScenes #ExploreYourArchive

Just finished looking through the collection of objects in one of our stores which includes this refill for a 1920s fire extinguisher. #BehindtheScenes #ExploreYourArchive