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

New Big School - now Macready

Rules of House singing competition 1893

@PFdn_Archives That is a fantastic drawing!

#SchoolLights - The first electric lights were introduced to Rugby Town by Rugbeian John Alexander McMullen in 1893.

Regulations for House Runs 1893

While looking for something on I learnt something new about flood lights from a Meteor article about a physics trip to Rugby Theatre in 2002. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/… .@SchoolArchive…

Plan of the close 1891, shewing [showing] the elm trees.

On 7th December 1878 Rugby School Natural History Society discussed the electric light. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/… #SchoolLights .@SchoolArchives1

During and The Meteor and Old Rugbeian Society Newsletters recorded casualties of the war who had attended Rugby School. They also recorded honours awarded. #SchoolRemembrance .@SchoolArchives1

The Rugby School Memorial Chapel was dedicated 1922. #SchoolRemembrance .@SchoolArchives1

#Museum30 #Wood These were removed from Upper Bench sometime between 1875 and 1886, to be replaced with desks. The tops were attached to the walls of the room. Boys were permitted to carve their name…

@EtonArchives We have more in Old Big School on the walls and one of the houses has a table top on the wall.

Today we remember all those Rugbeians who gave so much for us and future generations. #RemembranceDay #SchoolRemembrance .@SchoolArchives1

RT @RugbySchool1567: Today the school gathered on The Close to remember #lestweforget

#Museum30 We have lots of artwork in the School Museum

Top Hats disappeared on Sundays in 1913. Replaced by white straw hats. The VI wore a black band, whilst everyone else wore house colours (horizontal). #SchoolHats @SchoolArchives1

Following on from our post about the desk tops with names carved into them when Hayman was Head Master (1870 to 1874) the boys were called upon not to graffiti their desks.

#Museum30 In July 1909 the School celebrated the opening of the Temple Speech Room opened by King Edward VII.

#SchoolHats, On display in our Museum House Caps which were replaced by House Ties in the 1960s.

#ExploreYourArchive #GoingDigital with our School Magazine The Meteor.

RT @TheRugbyTown: William Webb Ellis was born on this day in 1806. One of Rugby's most famous names in 1823 he 'picked up the ball and ran…

#ExploreYourArchive #ConservationNightmare When you take something out of its frame and the back has stained it.

@HistoryRugby @TomosEvans01 @william_whyte We don't have access to the lists at the moment which would give us an idea of how many were in the Sixth Form in that year but do suggest looking at the Me…

Frederick Temple and his masters