It's Launch week day 1 if you would like to communicate with the archives you can do so via our online archive rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/default.aspx

RT @ARALearning: can be a great way to communicate our instatutions organisations histories School Archives and those who ho…

#Home can have so many meanings #ExploreYourArchive Full letter in The Meteor December 15 1868 rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/…

Looking forward to seeing more in December 7th December - 14th December - 21st December - 28th December -

#ExploreYourArchive day 3 We hold a number of plans/maps for the school including this one from 1749.

#FromTheArchive Did you know that Rugby School employed one of the first female teacher in a boys public school? Marie Bethell Beauclerc was appointed as a teacher of shorthand in 1888 by Dr Percival…

#OnThisDay in 1916 Fredrick Stephen Temple was born. He entered Rugby School in 1930 and left in 1935. He was in School House and his Headmasters were Vaughan and Lyon. Temple went on to be the the S…

R B Talbot Kelly was an art master at Rugby School from 1945-1966 (he was also a pupil from 1911-1914). #SchoolTeachers

@IsleOfManPRO Fantastic do you have any of @SchoolArchives1

RT @RugbySchool1567: Today is the birthday of Old Rugbeian William Webb Ellis. Who took the ball in his arms and ran with it creating the…

RT @IsleOfManPRO: @RugSch_Heritage @SchoolArchives1 Hi, thanks for following! Photographs of are not common in our archives…

As it is week we should mention our famous Headmaster Thomas Arnold who was depicted in Tom Brown's School Days.

#SchoolTeacher all in one Born in 1805 William Sharp MD FRS (1840) was appointed by Dr Tait as an assistant Master for Natural Science in August 1849 and left Christmas 1850.

We'll finish off this week with a few items from our Museum A picture of Temple's staff A picture including three headmasters and a cartoon of four headmasters on the close. #SchoolTeachers

RT @OurWarwickshire: "The health of the pupils is addressed by the visits of the School Nurse examining their heads for lice, by the School…

@Frederic I'll have to go over to the museum and take a look at it for you to see if there is any more information with the cartoon. Temple and Hayman were Jex-Blakes predecessors though two masters …

@Frederic Hayman chasing Jex-Blake might be representing his turbulent Head Mastership and his resignation which is a complex story (don't have enough characters on twitter) and I would recommend rea…

@Frederic I haven't seen anything so far to indicate any staff teams at the time but I will let you know if I do come across anything.

#Health Here is a picture of the school's old sanitorium from a photo album compiled in 1902. Can you spot the nurse? #ExploreYourArchive

The Rugby School Natural History Society Discussed many topics including eating seaweed in 1870. #SchoolFood

@PFdn_Archives @CrescentSchRug Yes we think it is :-)

Frederick Temple was born in 1821. He was Head Master of Rugby School from 1858-1869.

RT @BBCArchive: 1968: Children discussed their favourite school lunches. BBC Archive doesn't know where this was filmed, but we'…

RT @OakhamArchives: Our December blog looks at the history of the @OakhamSch swimming pool. https://t.co/8Dh8n0…

I wonder if the Tuck Box in our collection was actually used to store food? #SchoolFood #FromTheArchive

If anyone knows the recipe for Rugby Bread do let us know #SchoolFood

If anyone does know why Sunday tea was called piffer do let us know.

Those taking part in might be interested in this month's challenge and recreating recipes in their archive! twitter.com/ARAFSPG/status…

This week we've been having a more indepth look into our archives. Yesterday's find was these photographs in album on the accession shelves.

@SteveinReading @BerksArchives Interesting I will have to see if this is in our slang book next time I am in the store room.

RT @ARALearning: Lunch Time Talks with ALES – What’s race got to do with it? aralearning.wordpress.com/2020/12/04/lun… via @wordpressdotcom for ARA Members 1…

@NThorpeBS Thank you

@OundleArchive @NThorpeBS Good luck with the accession shelves, the album is in need of a number as it has never been properly accession and may be in the running for one of our oldest donations

Our last post on has to be about a post school meal. This is the 1924 menu for the Old Rugbeian Dinner held in London.

Really looking forward to another month of, thanks @KEArchive, @NThorpeBS, @OundleArchive and @sps_Kayton for your support. 7th December - 14th December - 21st December - 28th December -

In the 1920's the front cover of The Meteor featured the House symbols. Can you name them all? #SchoolHouses