#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