This week is the last week of the exhibition Inspirations - A History of Art Masters at Rugby School. Ends 9th October, see the image bellow for details of how to make an appointment to see the exhib…

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Map of Rugby from 1929

Map of Rugby from 1932 indicating where members of the School were not permitted to ride their bike.

#NationalPoetryDay twitter.com/RugSch_Heritag…

This is 1 Hillmorton Road not sure of the date but probably taken when it was Kilbracken's location.

Geoffrey St George Shillington Cather entered Rugby School in 1905 and left in 1908 (Wilson now Cotton) his entry in the Memorials of the Great War can be found here: rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/Rollof…

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“LEISURE” An address to senior members at the School by the Right Honourable the Lord Kennet, P.C., G.B.E., D.S.O., D.S.C. printed in the Meteor July 28th 1953 #exploreyourarchive #Adventure

The Green Pavilion is the School's oldest Cricket Pavilion and over the years the environment has changed around it. #HBAHEnvironment

Some of the House caps in the Museum in 1968 they where replaced by House ties.

We are really looking forward to this year's @SchoolArchives1 campaign starting on 1st November twitter.com/SchoolArchives…

#OTD Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain KG was born: British statesman, son of Joseph Chamberlain and older half-brother of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (tw…

@Carthusiana I believe so, will keep an eye out to see if there are any others.

#DidYouKnow that until 1913 top hats were worn on Sundays by members of the School. They were replaced by white straw hats.

These hands are from the 18th century clock on top of School House. In "Tom Brown's School Days" Tom climbs onto the roof and carves his name on the hands and stops the clock. The name T Hughes is vi…

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@doctoruprichard You're welcome "Notes on the characters and incidents depicted by the master hand of Tom Hughes in Tom Brown's schooldays by Selfe, Sydney" is an interesting read on how closely the …

Recollections of Rugby School in 1806 by Charles John Hume, 1806-1816 in Bucknill (now extinct) and Town.

Cricket Score Book showing the 'Tom Brown' match 1841. Thomas Hughes was opening bat for Rugby.

One of my favourite pieces of equipment.

@PFdn_Archives It's a slide viewer, you slot you slide in and it magnifies it for you.

1880s Football with one of the earliest rubber bladders

School House in the 1850s