The Rugby Racket

30th September is National Sporting Heritage Day so this month we will be taking at look at all the different sports played at Rugby School. #sportshistory

#DidYouKnow that in this month in 1921 William Wyamar Vaughan was appointed Head Master of Rugby School. This was his desk.

George Barnard was a Drawing Master at Rugby School from 1843-1880. Here are three of his drawings two of the School and one of a Church in Brownsover.

@baylissrally The one on the right is Michelle but not sure on the left, could be Cotton.

School dormitories probably nineteenth century.

This is from one of our Town Albums.

#OnThisDay in 1900 Sir Arthur Frederic Brownlow fforde was born. He was educated at Rugby School (School House 1914–1919, Head of School). #DidYouKnow he was appointed Head Master of Rugby School thi…

#OnThisDay 2 of 2 TK was a Boy at Rugby School from 1911-1914 in G F Bradby's House (now Kilbracken). He was Art Master from 1929-1966 except during.

#OnThisDay in 1896 Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly  MBE, MC, RI, was born. Known to friends and colleagues as 'TK', he was a British army officer, school teacher, and artist, known especially for his wa…

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Also looking through some student artwork this week and found this little steam engine. Think this might be from either the 1960s,1970s or 1980s. #HBAHTransport

Today we are starting to repackage our collection of caps.

@Brunel_Library @BrunelSpecColl We don't have anything like those but we do have this in our Museum.

@Brunel_Library @BrunelSpecColl We don't have anything like those but we do have this in our Museum.

In the 2000 issue of The Meteor you can find out more about the history of Chemistry lessons and laboratories at Rugby School. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/… twitter.com/RugSch_Heritag…

Image of a science lab from The Meteor 2000

In the nineteenth and twentieth century houses used to keep annals and journals about events and daily life. In March 1867 one room (house to be identified) kept an annal all of its own.

Weather reports for June are as close as I can get to the School Holidays although June 1903 appears not to have been ideal, 'disagreeable' even. #HolidayWeather #ArchiveHoliday

#DidYouKnow Butlers Leap in Rugby was named after Arthur Butler who jumped across the river at this point. He entered Rugby School in August 1844 and was in School House.

Rugby School Caps from c1850s Can you work out which of todays bording houses they belong to?

@BrunelUniArch yes of course, email is archive@rugbyschool.net. Good look with your move!

If you are researching your family history why not visit our digital archive here rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/Authenticated/… #HBAHRoots

#OnThisDay in 1861 English biologist William Bateson was born. He attended Rugby School from 1875-1879 and was in Hutchinson’s (Bradley).

RT @BeginsHistory: Do you know where your parents/grandparents went to school? Who were they friends with? What were their favourite subjec…

Othe include reading 📚. If I was on holiday I'd probably want to read this book from our collection.

#DidYouKnow that in August 1920 Winston Churchill stayed at School Field while in Rugby to play Polo.

One of my favourite is writing postcards

In June 1953 the 1924 Champion H M Abrahams spoke about the 1952 games. He also explained how a photo finish camera works and how the results for the 100 meter run were obtained. #HBAHSummer #sportsh…

@robertprior Prior to this when Temple and Jex-Blake were Head Masters the fashion was sideburns and then Percival's predecessor James had a very long beard. Perhaps this will be our theme for Novemb…

#DidYouKnow that in1908 two Rugbeians competed in the #HBAHSummer #sportshistory #sportingheritage

@DohertyTA @explorearchives Excellent, this might be the case though this copy is in one of the boarding Houses Albums and I have not seen another copy yet so would be interesting to compare if the o…

#ArchiveMystery Has anyone heard of photographs being edited in the 1890s? The image below is of Rugby School master but one person on the back row looks like they have been cut out and glued on. The…

@LGTilley Town House is a day house and the Town Room was built so the boys in that house would have somewhere to meet which was there own building rather than using other buildings belonging to the …

Town is one of Rugby School's oldest houses but wasn't officially recognised as a 'House' until 1888. Town boys gained their first premises in 1902, when the first 'Town Room' was built.

#ArchiveHoliday Find out about Holiday farming and potato lifting in the summer of 1917 in The Meteor Feb 1918. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/…

#DidYouKnow The Baron Pierre De Coubertin, the founder of the modern Games, visited Rugby School on more than one occasion. He was inspired by Tom Brown’s Schooldays and Thomas Arnold to create the m…

Looking for some holiday reading? then why not visit our digital archive. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/Authenticated/…

@TheLabAndField @BL_prints Thank you, I may have to post some more especially the unlabelled ones.

This suggestion on uniform was made in Trinity term 1870 which covers the summer months and was not acted upon after the summer holiday. #ArchiveHoliday #HolidayFashion rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFV…

@TheLabAndField @BL_prints I think it does say Capercallie on the label. We have quite a few other birds with and without labels so we are working on identifying our natural history collection to mak…

#DidYouKnow that the first Rugby Summer School was held in 1986. #HBAHSummer Find out more here - rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/authenticated/…

#ExporeYourArchive What is this bird called?

#ArchiveHoliday There are a number of mentions of holidays in The Meteor but the Ark Royal certainly stands out. (1971). rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/…

#ExploreYourArchive Another mystery what was this used for?

We have plenty of sports represented in our collections including cricket, rugby, boxing and fencing. #HBAHSport

#OnThisDay the first eleven (Rifle Corps) to shoot at Wimbledon entered for the Ashburton in 1861 (160 years ago). The contest was re-enacted in 1960.

#ArchiveHoliday #holidaydestination in 1974 for some students was the Island of Mull. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/…

@SaveRedlandLibr @RugbySchool1567 We would also like to share this of the same window different time for