The Green Pavilion c1860

#OnThisDay in 1882 Alec Ogilvie was born, Michell 1896-1900, Invented and patented the world’s first airspeed indicator, and flew gliders with the Wright Brothers in 1908.

It's International Archives Day! To celebrate we will be Tweeting throughout the day with starting with and two elliptical coins from the collection.

#IAW2021 An illustration of House Caps c.1850s/60s.

Everything in our collection is special so we will share the 1845 rules of Rugby Football written by the boys of Rugby School.

#SomethingNew to us a map of the school from 1956. #IAW2021

#IAW2021 This painting by Theodore Howard Somervell is 217.4x137cm

It's a Swizzle Stick #IAW2021

#SomethingHairy from the Natural History Collection #IAW2021

#IAW2021 A stereoscope

In April 1871 the first article in The Meteor focused on Rugby Football in Scotland. #SomethingScottish rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/…

@Frederic They're wonderful and would look great in the stereoscope. The images that come with ours are early Twentieth century and mostly First World War.