@BBCArchive do you have any footage of an episode of from 2008/2009 featuring Rugby School playing Rugby Football to show the development of the game over 150 years?

Interesting? typo or spoof?

It's the last day of September so it's our last post before changes to. This week I have been sorting through our vast collection of School Magazines creating complete sets and weeding out duplicates…

@smcarchives I know when I go to the store this afternoon I'll share a picture of my duplicate piles :-)

@MGS_Archives @MGSMagic @MGS_PEandSport Great image, got to love a good action shot. Here's one from our 1902 album.

Happy National Sporting Heritage Day! Here are some pictures from the Sports section of our Museum. #SportingHeritage

It wouldn't be National Sporting Heritage Day without mentioning a certain event in 1823. #NSHD2020

@smcarchives My very satisfying disposal pile (please note I don't mean destruction)

Prince Alamayu of Abyssinia was a pupil at Rugby School from 1874 to 1877. He was in Elsee's House now Kilbracken (then on Hillmorton Road). He died in 1879 and was buried at St George's Chapel, Wind…

#OTD in 1873 "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket Sir Pelham Francis Warner AKA Plum Warner was born. He was a student here 1887-1892 and was in Whitelaw House. On the XI team from 1889-1892. #Cric…

Don't forget Wednesday is! Tweet us your questions

We'll let the TVW Magazine from 1877 tell you what V stands for #ArchiveZ

RT @RugbySchool1567: The latest version of Page Polyglotte, our Modern Languages magazine, is live now. Read it here: https://t.co/XYDDevsa…

Got a burning question about our collections, our projects or the history of Rugby School then why not get in touch by us today on day #askanarchivistday

#TBThursday Find out about Sunday Concerts in October 1930 in The Meteor. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/Filename.ashx?…

The Bloxamian A Weekly Magazine October 14th to December 16th 1911 devoted to the interests of Bloxam House. Includes an interesting detective story "The Stolen Picture" featuring the great detective…

W is for Whitelaw Cap #ArchiveZ

W is also for William Webb Ellis He entered the school after midsummer 1816 when Dr John Wooll DD was Head Master. #ArchiveZ

RT @explorearchives: W is for WEBSITE! Interested in learning more about archives? Want some resources to help you teach others about arch…

Thank you @OxonMuseum! We have many ORs who went to Oxford but I thought we would share this print we need to investigate the provenance of

#OTD in 1920 the Debating Society discussed a motion condemning the cinema. The full report on this debate can be found in The Meteor November 1920. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/Filename.ashx?…

X is for another publication from the Members of Rugby school X.Y.Z a rival to T.V.W and The Meteor first published in 1878. #ArchiveZ

#OTD in 1822 the author of Tom Brown's School Days, Thomas Hughes was born. He entered the School in February 1834 age 11. He boarded in School House and his Head Master was Thomas Arnold. Not sure w…

@VadeMcum2 @RugbySchool1567 Thank you for this, isn't it interesting how the ages of the pupils entering and leaving varied in nineteenth century.