The Rugby Racket

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

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

#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…

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

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

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

“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

@ICSHC @RugbySchool1567 @Rugby_Sch_sport

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…

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

#NationalPoetryDay twitter.com/RugSch_Heritag…

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

Map of Rugby from 1929

Happy

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…

We don't just have documents in our collection we also have technology like this cine camera.

Cricket 🏏 on the close

The start of a race and tug of war

@RishiRival Hockey originated in England in 18th century and grew in popularity in public schools. @EtonArchives are you one of the first to play it? However it didn't take off at Rugby until 1921, a…

Jumping the Brook in the steeplechase

Images of a school steeplechase from the 1902 album. #NSHD2021

Hockey was first played at Rugby School in 1921. This is an age of the 1942 Hockey team we came across while sorting through our collections.

Football (Rugby) fixtures from October 1921 #SportsHistory

We also have records and objects relating to Swimming events at Rugby School including these two medals for HWL Reddish (Town 1912-1914) who came 2nd in the 2 Lengths in 1913 with a time of 35 2/5 se…

@WSchoolArchives One of the purple and black 3 stripe ties could be a butterfly cricket club tie? @ButterfliesCC?

This week we have been sorting objects in the archives and came across this 2nd place trophy with a accession number hidden inside. So we have also been able to tackle our accessions backlog. It was …

In the collection we also have rugby footballs, quad balls and some which need to be identified. Not quite sure if the red one is a rackets ball?

Cricket on the close 1910 view from Chapel to Barby Road.

Inspirations - A History of Art Masters at Rugby School The exhibition also features the work of several Art Master's who taught at the School from 1809 to the present day.

Inspirations - A History of Art Masters at Rugby School Focuses on the work of Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly British army officer, school teacher, and artist. The exhibition also features the work of …

1 day to go till the Inspirations exhibition

@LudovicoAriost3 He is preparing his bigside bag for one of the Hare and Hounds cross country runs.

Bigside 1886

Cross Country Run c1902

Inspirations - A History of Art Masters at Rugby School 16th September - 9th October.

In July 1943 The Meteor published a letter from a Rugbeian stating that that year was the centenary of the Following up cap and the blue cricket shirt. The Meteor also published some facts about othe…