The Rugby Racket

Holiday homework from the 1870s

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#OTD in 1880 Richard Henry "Harry" Tawney was born. Entered Rugby School in 1894 when Percival was Head Master.

Frederick Temple and his masters

@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…

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

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 #GoingDigital with our School Magazine The Meteor.

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

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

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.

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

#Museum30 We have lots of artwork in the School Museum

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

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

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

#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…

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

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

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

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…

Regulations for House Runs 1893

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

@PFdn_Archives That is a fantastic drawing!

Rules of House singing competition 1893

New Big School - now Macready

School House in the 1850s

1880s Football with one of the earliest rubber bladders

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

One of my favourite pieces of equipment.

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

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

@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 …

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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…